"In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for."
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
Günther Kaufmann
as Anton
Boy Gobert
as CEO
Arnold Marquis
as Police President
Richy Müller
as Nephew
Brigitte Mira
as Personnel Director
Nicole Heesters
as Barbara
Franco Nero
as Weiss
Jörg Holm
as Vice President
Hans Wyprächtiger
as Zerling
Petra Jokisch
as Elena Farr
Andreas Mannkopff
as Wechselschichtregisseur
Ute Koska
as Doctor
Frank Ripploh
as Gangster
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt
as Cop
Christoph Baumann
as Detective
Juliane Lorenz
as Nurse
Christel Harthaus
Richard Nixon
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong
Michael Chevalier
as Weiss (voice)
Traudel Haas
as Elena Farr (voice)
Robert Katz
Screenplay
Wolf Gremm
Director
Michael Böhme
Executive Producer
Edgar Froese
Original Music Composer
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Director of Photography
Thorsten Näter
Editor
Per Wahlöö
Novel
Regina Ziegler
Producer
Michael Lentz
Co-Producer
Roland Mabille
Production Design
Horst D. Furcht
Ursula Sonntag
Costume Design
Barbara Naujock
Gabriele Trutz
Makeup Artist
Wolfgang Bajorat
Unit Production Manager
Rüdiger Lange
Production Manager
Karin Viesel
Assistant Director
Christine Kabisch
Joachim Hess
Art Department Assistant
Rudolf Pastor
Bernhard Langer
Thomas Schappert
Props
Olaf Schiefner
Jochen Hergersberg
Sound Assistant
Gunther Kortwich
Sound
Hans-Dieter Schwarz
Sound Mixer
Lothar Tropp
Special Effects
Günther Schaidt
Evelyn Gutkind-Bienert
Stunts
Harald P. Wieczorek
Wolfgang Kluge
Lighting Technician
Siegmar Brüggenthies
Hartmut Köhler
Gaffer
Leo Weisse
Still Photographer
Bernd Meckelein
Franz Michael Stöger
Grip
Josef Vavra
Assistant Camera
Stefan Beckers
Assistant Editor
Galip Iyitanir
Sybille Ludwig
Script Supervisor
Denis Manntz
Production Driver
Marianna Bishop
Production Assistant
Monika Küchler
Production Secretary
Rainer-Götz Otto
Publicist
Heidrun Schmandt
Catering
Monika Zellmer
Production Accountant
Christian Zertz