| WWolfgang GasserNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
| DDolf LindnerNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Karl BöhmSelf | Self |
| RRosalind EliasDorabella (archive footage) | Dorabella (archive footage) |
 Dietrich Fischer-DieskauIl Conte di Almaviva (archive footage) | Il Conte di Almaviva (archive footage) |
 Wilhelm FurtwänglerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Donald GrobeBelmonte (archive footage) | Belmonte (archive footage) |
 Paul HartmannJedermann (archive footage) | Jedermann (archive footage) |
 Thomas HoltzmannFaust (archive footage) | Faust (archive footage) |
 Attila HörbigerJedermann (archive footage) | Jedermann (archive footage) |
| TTom KrauseGuglielmo (archive footage) | Guglielmo (archive footage) |
| TTheodor KörnerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Lotte LehmannSelf | Self |
 Christa LudwigSelf | Self |
 Will QuadfliegJedermann / Mephisto (archive footage) | Jedermann / Mephisto (archive footage) |
 Max ReinhardtSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Walther ReyerJedermann (archive footage) | Jedermann (archive footage) |
| AAnneliese RothenbergerFiordiligi (archive footage) | Fiordiligi (archive footage) |
 Graziella SciuttiSusanna (archive footage) | Susanna (archive footage) |
 Richard StraussSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Helene ThimigSelf | Self |
 Hermann ThimigTruffaldino (archive footage) | Truffaldino (archive footage) |
 Herbert von KarajanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Paula WesselyHero (archive footage) | Hero (archive footage) |
