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Willy Fritsch was born on 27 January 1901 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Amphitryon (1935). He was married to Dinah Grace. He died on 13 July 1973 in Hamburg, Germany.

One of the most popular and prolific character comedians of post-war German cinema, Georg Thomalla began his working life as an apprentice cook. In 1932, he joined a theatrical troupe and, before long, acted on stage in Berlin. After the war, he became a celebrated star of cabaret, an ensemble member of the 'Kabarett der Komiker'. In films from 1939, it took several years before his comic talent came to the fore. Stardom eventually arrived in the wake of Helmut Käutner's farce Fanfaren der Liebe (1951), in which the diminutive Thomalla appeared in drag as a member of a female orchestra. Thereafter, he remained consistently in demand for lightweight entertainments, which benefited from his considerable improvisational skills, quick wit and staccato delivery. His stock-in-trade screen personae were eccentric, befuddled and generally accident-prone bachelors, or out-of-their-depths fathers or husbands, who usually tended to fall victim to their own ineptitude.

In addition to numerous 'Paukerfilme' and 'Klamotten' (bawdy comedies, which may, or may not, be 'old hat'), Thomalla also played his fair share of comic sidekicks or friends of the hero, a noteworthy example being Kara Ben Nemsi's loquacious, but intensely loyal manservant and companion Hadschi Halef Omar in Karl May's Die Sklavenkarawane (1958). From 1961, Thomalla devoted more and more time to appearing in television and to voice-over work. He starred in his own half-hourly TV show, Komische Geschichten mit Georg Thomalla (1961), in which he played an average Joe afflicted by middle-age angst and confronted by a variety of everyday problems. This was essentially a German derivation from the British series Hancock (1961).

Though rarely seen in 'serious' roles, Thomalla did give at least one sensitive dramatic performance as a helpful truck driver in Käutner's East-West romance Sky Without Stars (1955).

Barbara Dickmann was born on 21 June 1942 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. She is an actress and director, known for Der Fund (1983), Tagesthemen (1978) and Hochkant (1982). She was previously married to Klaus Mahlein.

Friedrich Scholz was born on 11 July 1926 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany. He was a composer, known for Sonderdezernat K1 (1972), Tatort (1970) and Vor dem Sturm (1984). He died on 17 October 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

Lotte Loebinger was born on 10 October 1905 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Das kalte Herz (1950), The Struggle (1936) and Musterknaben (1959). She was married to Herbert Wehner. She died on 9 February 1999 in Berlin, Germany.

Willy Prager was born on 23 May 1877 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Um eine Nasenlänge (1931), Die Nacht ohne Pause (1931) and Um eine Nasenlänge (1949). He died on 4 March 1956 in West Berlin, West Germany.

Maria Rouvel was born on 15 December 1914 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Der keusche Lebemann (1961), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Quartett zu fünft (1949). She was married to Gustav Wehrle. She died on 20 October 2005 in Berlin, Germany.

Hans Bellmer was born on 13 March 1902 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. He was married to Margarete Schnell. He died on 24 February 1975 in Paris, France.

Berta Waterstradt was born on 9 August 1907 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. She was a writer and actress, known for Besondere Kennzeichen: keine (1956), Die Buntkarierten (1949) and Ehesache Lorenz (1959). She was married to Rudi Waterstradt. She died on 7 May 1990 in Berlin, Germany.

Kurt Schwaen was born on 21 June 1909 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany. He was a composer, known for The Gleiwitz Case (1961), Sie nannten ihn Amigo (1959) and Das Leben beginnt (1960). He was married to Ina Iske and Hedwig Stumpp. He died on 9 October 2007 in Berlin, Germany.