
The 20-year-old Berliner Wilhelm, called Willi, returns from two years as a prisoner of war to the village of Weltzow in the Havel region, where he meets Hans Graber, a former comrade from the front. Hans is now a teacher and finds Willi a job with innkeeper Brunzel. His daughter, Mrs. Leidenfrost, has been a widow for five years, as her husband was killed at the front. Over time, she begins to take a liking to Willi, but Willi is not aware of this. He is interested in the dressmaker Ulla, but skips their first meeting when he learns in the inn that Ulla has an illegitimate child.

as Elvira Dickopp

as Frau Dickopp

as Bauer Dickopp

as Gastwirt Brunzel

as Lehrer Gräber

as Frau Leidenfrost

as Lehmann

as Willi

as Ulla

as Arthur

as Kurt

as Trude