An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Tony CurtisMr. Cornfield | Mr. Cornfield |
 Katharina ThalbachSofie | Sofie |
 Matthias HabichKörner | Körner |
 Alexandra StewartMrs. Cornfield | Mrs. Cornfield |
 Karin BaalFrau Tenzer | Frau Tenzer |
 Charles RegnierSilbermann | Silbermann |
| GGeorge TaboriRabbiner | Rabbiner |
 Gedeon BurkhardJanko | Janko |
 Peter Lohmeyer1. SS Mann | 1. SS Mann |
 Irm HermannKZ-Kommandantin | KZ-Kommandantin |
 Leslie MaltonFreundin | Freundin |
 Harry BaerGrenzbeamter | Grenzbeamter |
 Anna Thalbach1. Mädchen | 1. Mädchen |
| MMichael MorrisNot listed | Not listed |
| UUrsula AndermattNot listed | Not listed |
 Guntbert WarnsNot listed | Not listed |
| FFritz MarquardtNot listed | Not listed |
 Birol ÜnelNot listed | Not listed |
| NNina Lorck-SchierningNot listed | Not listed |
| MMarkus VöllenkleeNot listed | Not listed |
 Klaus PohlNot listed | Not listed |
| GGeorge KranzNot listed | Not listed |
 Walter SchmidingerNot listed | Not listed |
 Jürgen FlimmNot listed | Not listed |
 Eva EbnerNot listed | Not listed |
 Beatrice ManowskiNot listed | Not listed |
 Ilona SchulzNot listed | Not listed |