
In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.

as Johann

as Christina

as Levin

as Marie

as Prediger Feller

as Josepha

as Abdecker Froese

as Scarletto

as Antonia

as Krolikowski

as Philippi

as Zbylut

as Weiszmantel

as Willuhn

as Tante Huse

as Kaplan Rogalla

as Polizeimeister Birfacker

as Korrinth

as Nieswandt

as von Bahr-Uckley

as von Tittlack

as Rittmeister von Lojewski

as Geethe

as Fagin

as Frau Rosinke

as Gendarm Adam

as Habedank

as Sekretär Bonikowski