Richard Oswald Anselma Heine (story "Die Erscheinung") (segment 1) Robert Liebmann (story "Die Hand") (segment 2) Edgar Allan Poe (story "Die schwarze Katze") (segment 3) Robert Louis Stevenson (story "The Suicide Club") (segment 4) Richard Oswald (story "Der Spuk") (segment 5) Anita Berber ... Die Dirne (framing story)/Woman (ep.1)/Girlfriend (ep.2)/Wife of drunk (ep.3)/Sister of club president (ep.4)/Wife (ep.5) Conrad Veidt ... Der Tod (framing story)/The stranger (ep.1)/The assassin (ep.2)/Traveller (ep.3)/Club president (ep.4)/Husband (ep.5) Hugo Döblin Paul Morgan Georg John Julius Hahlo