The President

Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

von Sendlingen's grandfather

Maika

Franz, in service with the president

Brigitta, maid to the president

Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter

Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother

Werner, vice president

Georg Berger, defense attorney

Public prosecutor

Journalist

Weiden, later husband of Victorine

The last priest