
Lena is a cheerful student who firmly believes in happiness and the good in people. As part of a social project, she is sent by the office as a writing coach to Hugo Drowak, who has long since lost his luck and lives alone in a run-down tower block.

Luna Wedler
Lena

Karl Markovics
Hugo Drowak

Lars Eidinger
Amtsleiter

Jan Bülow
Marlon

Dominique Pinon
Edgar
Saga Agnes Susanna Sarkola
Ana

Nikolai Gemel
Hugo Drowak (young)

Bettina Stucky
Lore

Christopher Buchholz
Oberbürgermeister

Thelma Buabeng
Sekretärin des Amtsleiters
Cihan Inan
Amtsgehilfe

Uke Bosse
Beamter
Andy Herzog
Beamter

Vera Flück
Sarah Baum
Paul Schröder
Peter Keller