里斯·克劳斯1963年出生于哥廷根，曾做过记者、画过插图，之后进入柏林德国电影电视学院学习。他写过许多电影剧本，例如罗萨·冯·柏汉的《男极圈》、德特夫·巴克的《欢乐一箩筐》。另外，克劳斯也写长篇小说，并在许多电影学院教授表演艺术课。2002年，克劳斯执导了自己的首部故事片。该片赢得了巴伐利亚电影奖等十项国内和国际大奖。《四分钟》(2006)是他的导演的第二部影片，同时他也是该片的编剧。 克劳斯在制作他的第一部影片之前已经是有名的编剧了。他的第一部片子《破碎玻璃心》(2002)取得了显著的成就，获得两项巴伐利亚电影奖。他的第二部影片《四分钟》(2006)被认为是过去几年里德国最成功的电影，赢得超过五十个德国和国际奖项。克劳斯也是一个著名的歌剧导演。在《波尔日记》这部片子里，克劳斯继续他在《四分钟》中风格。
阿黛拉·哈内尔，法国女演员，1989年出生于巴黎。13岁出演处女作《恶魔的孩子》，得到好评。随后出演一系列电影，包括《水仙花开》、《苏珊娜 》、《初恋战士 》、《无名女孩》等，是一颗冉冉升起的新星。
Hannah Herzsprung is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and fashion designer Barbara Engel. She debuted as an actress in 1997 in the BR series Aus heiterem Himmel, where she played the role of Miriam "Mimi" Pauly in the beginning of the fourth and last seasons. She has taken private acting lessons since 1999. She took over the Tele 5-Clip-Show musicbox with her sister Sara at the end of 2002. She also started studying Communication Sciences in Vienna. She has had many television roles, including Jule in Das Böse Mädchen and since 2003 Vera in the series 18-Allein unter Mädchen. In 2003 she also had a part in Unter Verdacht: Beste Freunde and a smaller role in the sketch-comedy Tramitz & Friends. Her roles became more ambitious with the television film Emilia - Die zweite Chance, where she played a patient with Borderline personality. In 2005 she received her first leading role as the murderer Jenny in Vier Minuten by Chris Kraus. January 19th 2007, she received the Bayerischen Filmpreis for best new female talent. In 2005 she played a suicidal youth in Das wahre Leben by Alain Gsponer. She ended her studies in Vienna and moved to Berlin in order to participate in these two films. For Das wahre Leben she was awarded the 2007 Deutschen Filmpreis for best supporting role and the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2009. In 2007 Herzsprung played the terrorist Susanne Albrecht in the screen adaptation of the book Der Baader Meinhof Komplex as well as the leading role of Daniela in the film 10 Sekunden. In 2008 she played the role of Julia in Stephan Daldrys' film Der Vorleser. She also played the role of Charlotte in Uwe Jansons' adaptation of Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werther, as well as in Jo Baiers' television movie Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin as young Liesl Karlstadt.
拉斯·艾丁格是一名演员，代表作品有《陌生的灵魂》。
