In 1948, students from Berlin University take part in the filming of a movie about the 1848 revolution as extras. A dispute arises between Else and Heinz, who tends to dismiss the revolution as a comical affair. Two fiercely opposing camps form at the university. But Heinz begins to reflect, and reading about a young student who lost his life in the turbulent days a hundred years earlier slowly changes his attitude. The conclusion of the filming at the Wartburg also reunites him with Else.
as Else Weber
as Heinz Althaus
as Betty
as Architekt Ring
as Lissy Zehnter
as Gustav Knetsch, Nante
as Schneegandt
as Hinzdorf
as Vater Althaus
as Direktor Schöffer
as Professer Kortlein
as Frau Jandrek
as Sohn von Ring
as Adjutant des Königs
