
In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, give their flag as a gift to the locals of Bergstedt, Germany in this GDR propaganda film. This quickly takes on a symbolic meaning for the miners in Bergstedt as the Nazi party demands that this Soviet gesture be erased and the flag be replaced with their own. The miner and communist party functionary Otto Brosowski publicly declares it his duty to defend this flag against every danger, and he keeps his promise despite his family being threatened by torment and torture.

as Otto Brosowski Senior

as Minna Brosowski

as Bürgermeister Zonkel

as Rüdiger

as Elfriede

as Jule Hammer

as Bode

as Walter mit 12 Jahren

as Walter

as Frau Bienert

as Mellendorf

as Pfarrer

as Direktor Niedermeyer

as Bubi von Alvensleben

as Küster

as Lehrer Peters

as Bienert

as Fahrsteiger Bartel

as Spitzel

as Leutnant Stone

as Stadtkommandant Wright

as Amerikanischer Offizier

as Dolmetscher

as Genosse mit Fahrrad

as Vertreter der polnischen Zwangsarbeiter

as Junger Arbeiter


