This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and his accomplices, the castle steward and the mayor, set fire to a forest mill that the farmers used for processing their grain. Without their mill, the farmers must now rely on the millman's services. When the farmhand Anna uncovers the millman’s crimes, he swiftly detains her and a young miller, Jörg. The forest spirits have a different plan, however, and they free the young couple with the charge to rebuild the ruined forest mill and turn things around for the villagers.
Eva Kotthaus
as Anne
Hans-Peter Minetti
as Jörg
Willy A. Kleinau
as Mühlmann
Werner Peters
as Schulze Bangebös
Gerhard Frei
as Burgvogt Raufer
Heinz Kammer
as Ratte, der Kriegsknecht
Johannes Arpe
as Schmied Anselm
Marianne Rudolph
as Marthe, seine Frau
Jupp Stauder
as Knecht Konrad
Gertrud Paulun
as Magd Marie
Hans Klering
as Waldmüller
Lotte Loebinger
as Waldmüllerin
