"A young man named Jürgen joins the military. As much as he tries to make a heroic career as a soldier in a rearmed West Germany, he fails utterly and ends up in a bizarre sanatorium."
Werner Enke
as Jürgen
Hans Fries
as Major
Birke Bruck
as The Major's Wife
Christian Friedel
as Beaty
Eric Pohlmann
as Old General
Rainer Basedow
as Jürgen's Brother
Änne Bruck
as Jürgen's Mother
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Soldier
E.O. Fuhrmann
as Dr. B.
Ursula Barlen
as Nurse Schanta
Ariane Calix
as Lab Technician
Karl Meurer
as
Wilhelm Meyer
Al Lincoln
Ulrich Liedtke
Kasimir Esser
Flory Jacobi
H. H. Koester
Eberhard Peiker
Ulrich Folkmar
Maria Reinhard
Luigi Mailiero
Franz-Josef Spieker
Director
Erich Ferstl
Original Music Composer
Walter Krüttner
Producer
Konrad Kundler
Foley Artist
Production Manager
Barbara Mondry
Editor
Krista Drack
Makeup Artist
Wolfgang Fischer
Director of Photography
Christian Schimpflug
Sound
Siegfried Hofbauer
Location Manager
Heinz Bauer
Günther Naumann
Production Design
Walter Gola
Property Master
Elke Eschka-Wetterer
Costume Design
Bodo Schwope
Ralph-Joachim Knoess
Assistant Camera
Dagmar Hirtz
Assistant Director
Writer