Cast
- Florian Knom as Karl May (Kind)
- André Wiedner as Karl May (Jugendlicher)
- Evamaria Barth as Großmutter
- Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar as Klara (zweite Frau)
- Hanns-Jörn Weber as Heinrich August (Vater)
- Ulrike Mai as Emma (erste Frau)
- Petra Kelling as Christiane Wilhelminem (Mutter)
- Henry Hübchen as Karl May (Erwachsen)
- Alfred Woronetzki as Sanitätsarzt Dr. Michel