| Hanna Schygulla | Effi Briest [L] | |
| Wolfgang Schenck | Baron Geert von Innstetten [L] | |
| Karlheinz Böhm | Geheimrat Wüllersdorf [L] | |
| Sprecher [SR] | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Ulli Lommel | Major Crampas [SR] | |
| Ursula Strätz | Roswitha [SR] | |
| Irm Hermann | Johanna [SR] | |
| Lilo Pempeit | Luise von Briest (Mutter) [SR] | |
| Herbert Steinmetz | Herr von Briest (Vater) [SR] | |
| Hark Bohm | Apotheker Gieshübler [SR] | |
| Rudolf Lenz | Geheimrat Rummschüttel [SR] | |
| Barbara Valentin | Marietta Tripelli [SR] | |
| Karl Scheydt | Kruse [SR] | |
| Eva Mattes | Hulda [SR] | |
| Andrea Schober | Annie von Innstetten | |
