Erich Mielke - Meister der Angst

Wolfgang Fixson

Himself - head of JVA Moabit

Thomas Förster

Hans Carlsohn, Büroleiter Mielke

Roland Jahn

Himself - Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of former GDR

Beate Laaß

Psychologin Anna-Luise Brand

Nikolai Leonov

Himself - KGB General ret.

Karl-Fred Müller

Gerhard Neiber

Nikita Petrov

Himself - historian

Peter Rauch

Generaloberst Rudi Mittig

Christine Voigt

Mielkes Sekretärin Uschi