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Top billed cast
Michael RotschopfRichard Sorge
Raphael von BargenSelf (voice)
Alexander AbsengerSelf (voice)- Michael KöppelSelf (voice)
Peter FaerberSelf (voice)- Vladimir ChaustovSelf - Historian
- Dieter BacherSelf - Historian
- Tetsurō KatoSelf - Politologist
- Nobuo TajimaSelf - Politologist
- Maik Hendrik SprotteSelf - Japanologist
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