
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