 | Barbara Sukowa als Hannah Arendt |
 | Axel Milberg als Heinrich Blücher |
 | Janet McTeer als Mary McCarthy |
 | Julia Jentsch als Lotte Köhler |
 | Nicholas Woodeson als William Shawn |
 | Ulrich Noethen als Hans Jonas |
 | Leila Schaus als Laureen |
 | Claire Johnston als Ms Serkin |
 | Michael Degen als Kurt Blumenfeld |
 | Friederike Becht als Young Hannah Arendt |
 | Victoria Trauttmansdorff als Charlotte Beradt |
 | Klaus Pohl als Martin Heidegger |
| Gilbert Johnston als Professor Kahn |
| Margarethe von Trotta | Screenplay |
| Bettina Böhler | Editor |
| Margarethe von Trotta | Director |
| André Mergenthaler | Original Music Composer |
| Petra Klimek | Set Decoration |
| Pamela Katz | Screenplay |
| Anja Fromm | Art Direction |
| Frauke Firl | Costume Design |
| Volker Schäfer | Production Design |
| Caroline Champetier | Director of Photography |
| Michel Zana | Co-Producer |
| Sascha Verhey | Line Producer |
| David Silber | Co-Producer |
| Sabine Schenk | Line Producer |
| Johannes Rexin | Producer |
| Micky Rabinovitz | Line Producer |
| Bady Minck | Co-Producer |
| Rüdiger Jordan | Line Producer |
| Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu | Co-Producer |
| Sophie Dulac | Co-Producer |
| Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | Co-Producer |
| Bettina Brokemper | Producer |
| Michael André | Commissioning Editor |
| Cornelia Ackers | Commissioning Editor |
| Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan | Commissioning Editor |
| Birgit Titze | Commissioning Editor |
| Michael Busch | Sound Recordist |
| Greg Vittore | Sound Designer |
