
The forester Auer is found killed on a Sunday in the forest, and the police begins a feverish search for the culprit. Only pastor Gruber already knows who it is. It is Hannes Reyer, son of the richest farmer in the region, who has confessed the act of murder to him. Gruber, however, is bound to his obligation to secrecy. But when the young Ernst Nortinger is arrested under suspicion for murder, he knows what he has to do and relinquishes his priesthood in order to report Hannes to the police. But things don’t get so far, as Hannes dies in an accident during an altercation with the priest. Nonetheless, Gruber does not return to his office. In quiescence, he wants to find out whether he still can handle the burden of the priesthood. Senior pastor Bachmayer however is convinced that he will return.

as Pastor Franz Gruber

as Pastor Julius Bachmayer

as Barbara Brandner

as Mother Brandner

as Hannes Reyer

as Franz Josef Reyer

as Walburga Reyer

as Ernst Nortinger

as Eva Siebert

as Christl Siebert

as Berger

as Mrs. Seidl

as Tobias Retzler

as Commissioner

as Wurzelsepp

as Auer

