Characters played by Lucy Tregear
Narrator
Characters played by Emily Oliver
Self
historian
University of Oxford
Characters played by Bill Treharne Jones
Self
Characters played by Susanne Schädlich
Self
Characters played by Karl-Heinz Borchardt
Self
Characters played by Rolf Joachim Erler
Self
Characters played by Günter Burkart
Self
Characters played by Peter Sahla
Self
Characters played by Austin Harrison
Self
BBC German Language Service
Characters played by Rudolf Harnisch
Self
Stasi agent