The straight shooter: Heinrich Bruning
The dodgy dealer: Erik Jan Hanussen
The pig-headed proletarian: Ernst Thalmann
The devoted lover: Maud von Ossietzky
The nazi monster: Graf von Helldorff
The dogged newshound: Dorothy Thompson
The gentleman jockey: Franz von Papen
The string-puller: Kurt von Schleicher
The destruction of New York