Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982) was a West German filmmaker, actor, playwright and theatre director, who was a catalyst of the New German Cinema movement.
Werner Klemperer was an actor best known for his portrayal of the incompetent commandant of Stalag 13, Col. Klink. His father was a composer who moved his family to America to escape anti-Semitic pressure in Europe.
Werner von Trapp (born 1915) was the younger son in the famous von Trapp family, whose story was immortalised in the musical "The Sound of Music". He is represented in the movie by the character Kurt.