Jonas Dassler

As Dietrich Bonhoeffer

JONAS DASSLER was born in Remscheid, Germany, in 1996. While studying theatre at the acting school Ernst Busch in Berlin, he shot his first feature film "UNS GEHT ES GUT" by Henri Steinmetz in 2014. In 2015 he played the leading role in Julia Langhoff' s "LOMO - THE LANGUAGE OF MANY OTHERS" , for which he received the Filmkunstpreis Sachsen-Anhalt in 2017 , the Götz-George Nachwuchspreis and the Bayerischer Filmpreis as best young actor. Furthermore, Jonas was awarded with the New Berlin Film Award for Best Actor at the Achtung Berlin Festival. In 2017 Jonas played in DAS SCHWEIGENDE KLASSENZIMMER by Lars Kraume, for which he also received the Bavarian Film Award as Best Young Actor. In 2017 he shot for the TV mini-series DIE PROTOKOLLANTIN by Nina Grosse and Samira Radsi. Since the 2017/18 season, Jonas Dassler has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2019 Jonas starred in Fathi Akin ' s much discussed film DER GOLDENE HANDSCHUH which premiered at Berlinale Competition. Jonas was nominated for the Deutscher Filmpreis in 2019 for his performance as HONKA. In 2020 Jonas Dassler became a European Shooting Star. The same year he played the lead role in Lena Stahls debut MY SON. In 2021 SKIN DEEP was shot with Jonas Dassler in a leading role. This movie received the Queer Lion Award at Venice Filmfestival in 2022. The same year Jonas Dassler shot alongside Eric Bana in BERLIN NOBODY, directed by Jordan Scott.

August Diehl

As Martin Niemoller

For almost two decades, AUGUST DIEHL has been an established figure on the German film and theater scene. His role in Hans-Christian Schmid' s film 23 made him instantly famous. In a series of films such as KALT IST DER ABENDHAUCH, TATTOO, WAS NÜTZT DIE LIEBE IN GEDANKEN, LICHTER, THE NINTH DAY , the Oscar-winning THE COUNTERFEITERS, HEAD UNDER WATER, DR. ALEMAN and BUDDENBROOKS, he was able to prove his versatility. In 2009 he was seen in Quentin T arantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, and in 2010 in SALT (directed by Philip Noyce). In theaters in Berlin, Hamburg, Zurich or Vienna he shone in DIE MÖWE, DON CARLOS, DER JUDE VON MALTA or MAJOR BARBARA. His directors included Bondy, Grüber and Peter Zadek, with whom he worked on three productions. Diehl' s television work includes KABALE UND LIEBE, staged by Leander Haussmann. For Lars Kraume ' s DIE KOMMENDEN TAGE he was starring together with Daniel Brühl, Johanna Wokalek and Susanne Lothar. The film opened in German theaters in 2010. In 2011, he starred as Bernward Vesper for the feature production WER WENN NICHT WIR by Andreas Viel. For this role he was nominated for the GERMAN FILM AWARD. It tells the prehistory of the group that later became known as the RAF . The film was part of the official competition program of the Berlin International Film Festival „Berlinale“ 2011. In 2011 Diehl shot CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY together with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pete Doherty, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2012 in the series, UN CERTAIN REGARD. In winter/spring 2012, he starred in LAYLA FOURIE directed by Pia Marias in South Africa, which had its world premiere at the 2013 Berlinale. He also appeared in 2012 for Bille August' s international co-production NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON, which also had its world premiere at the 2013 Berlinale. His feature films continue to include THE YOUNG KARL MARX (Raoul Beck, 2015), ALLIED (Robert Zemeckis, 2916), A HIDDEN LIFE (T errence Malik, 2016), PLAN A (Yadav and Dorn Paz, 2019), DER RÄUBER HOTZENPLOTZ (Michael Krummenacher , 2021), among others. In special TV and streaming productions like PARFUM (Philipp Kadelbach, 2017 , Netflix/ZDF), DIE NEUE ZEIT (Lars Krause, ZDF , 2018) and DER PASS (Christopher Schier , 2022, Sky) he played essential and leading roles. With DER PRINZ VON HOMBURG, directed by Andrea Breth in Vienna and Salzburg, he returned to the big theater stage in 2012. The stimulating theater work with Andrea Breth found a brilliant continuation with HAMLET at Vienna ' s Burgtheater (for which he received the 2014 Vienna Theater Prize Nestroy) in an acclaimed six-hour production. Also at the Burg, he can be seen in DAS GEISTERHAUS, and at the Vienna Akademietheater he is part of the ensemble of John Hopkin ' s DIE GESCHICHTE VON IHNEN. He recently collaborated with Andrea Breth for EINES LANGEN TAGES REISE IN DIE NACHT (Burgtheater Wien, 2018) and DREI MAL LEBEN (Berliner Ensemble, since 2019)

David Jonsson

As Frank Fisher

DAVID JONSSON, now a BAFTA EE RISING STAR Nominee for the upcoming awards ceremony in February 2025, trained at London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His first professional roles were on London’s Almeida and West End stages in Rob Icke’s Mary Stuart, opposite Lia Williams and Juliet Stevenson, and Patrick Marber’s Don Juan in Soho, opposite David T ennant. In TV , early work includes DEEP STATE for Fox, and more recently he plays Gus Sackey in the critically acclaimed HBO/BBC series INDUSTRY . He performed a one man stage play AND BREATHE at London’s Almeida Theatre in 2021 – for which he won Best Male Actor at the British Black Theatre Awards that year. He just wrapped on PRAY for BBC Films, written and directed by Caleb Azumah-Nelson, and is attached to play the lead role of Chris Eubank in David Harewood directed feature BENN vs EUBANK.

Clarke Peters

As Reverend Powell Sr.

CLARKE PETERS is an American-British actor , singer , writer , and director with a career spanning over an impressive four decades. Growing up in New Jersey, Clarke found his love for acting at a young age following a school production of MY FAIR LADY. A year after graduating High School, Clarke moved to Paris and worked as a costume designer for a production of the musical HAIR, in which he later took on a starring role. For his first screen role, Clarke starred in THE MUSIC MACHINE directed by Ian Sharp (Golden Eye) about a disco dance contest set in the lively Camden venue - The Music Machine. Shortly after this in 1981, Clarke starred alongside Sean Connery in the Sci-Fi crime film, OUTLAND. Over his extensive career , Clarke has starred in many legendary roles. Most notably, Clarke played the role of ‘Detective Lester Freamon’ in the cult classic, multi award winning HBO series THE WIRE.

Lisa Hofer

As Sabine Bonhoeffer

Moritz Bleibtreu

As Karl Bonhoeffer