Joachim Gottschalk
as Hans Christian Andersen
Ilse Werner
as Jenny Lind
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Staatsminister Graf Rantzau
Aribert Wäscher
as Verleger Peer Upan
Hans Leibelt
as Theaterdirektor
Volker von Collande
as Olaf Larsson, Jennys Verlobter
Jeanette Bethge
as Frau Tostrup, Andersens Haushälterin
Angelo Ferrari
as Italienischer Gastwirt
Ernst Sattler
as Axel Lind
