Margarethe von Trotta	...	(Director)
Pamela Katz, Margarethe von Trotta	...	(Writer)
Katja Riemann	...	Lena Fischer (aged 33)
Maria Schrader	...	Hannah Weinstein
Martin Feifel	...	Fabian Israel Fischer
Jürgen Vogel	...	Arthur von Eschenbach
Jutta Lampe	...	Ruth Weinstein
Doris Schade	...	Lena Fischer (aged 90)
Fedja van Huêt	...	Luis Marquez
Carola Regnier	...	Rachel Rosenbauer
Svea Lohde	...	Ruth Süssmann aged eight
Plien van Bennekom	...	Marian
Jutta Wachowiak	...	Frau Goldberg
Romijn Conen	...	Ben Weinstein
Jan Decleir	...	Nathan Goldberg
Julia Eggert	...	Emily
Thekla Reuten	...	Klara Singer

Summary: After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.