"The young Walter Retzlow, drafted into the guard team of a foreign labor factory in the last year of the war, receives the papers of a murdered anti-fascist by chance. He adopts the new identity, which promises him security."
Ulrich Mühe
as Retzlow
Rolf Ludwig
as Lohmer
Gesine Laatz
as Katharina
Walter Jupé
as Müller
Eberhard Kirchberg
as Berg
Hildegard Alex
as Frau Mellner
Lotte Loebinger
as Alte Frau
Hannes Fischer
as Ahrendbeck
Michael Gerber
as Böttcher
Silke Matthias
as Lotte
Reinhard Michalke
as Möllendorf
Hans-Peter Reinecke
as Brandt
Bernd-Uwe Reppenhagen
as Helmut
Gerry Wolff
as Harms
Peter Kalisch
as Herr von Briesen
Petra Kelling
as Frau Lohmer
Harry Merkel
as Albrecht
Gisela Rubbel
as Elfriede
Vera Loebner
Director
Writer
Anna Seghers
Story
Helmut Richter
Uwe Hilprecht
Music
Günter Eisinger
Cinematography
Anneliese Hinze-Sokolowa
Editor