Four hours by boat from the lightship Elbe 1 is the southern entrance and lock of the Kiel Canal. There, in Brunsbüttelkoog, is a seamen's home run by Klara Andresen. This is the main setting of the movie. In the sailors' wives' home, the wives of sailors wait for their return. Klara Andresen not only looks after the concerns of the waiting sailors' wives, but also her brother-in-law Gustav Andresen . Gustav has gone to sea as a ship's cook and now wants to get married. That's why he has placed a marriage announcement and is waiting for the reactions.
as Klara Andresen
as Gustav Andresen
as Lore Elvers
as Elli Andresen
as Karin Starke
as Klaus Starke
as Elke Hansen
as Horst Lohmeyer
as Mutter Schöne
as Margot
as Uwe Schöne
