A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate. Upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.
William Dieterle
as Franz Sommer (as Wilhelm Dieterle)
Gunnar Tolnæs
as Fabrikant Rudolf Steinau
Mary Johnson
as Helene - Sommers Frau
Paul Henckels
as Helenes Vater - der Geheimrat
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Alfred
Gerd Briese
as Der Staatsanwalt
Hugo Werner-Kahle
as Der Abgeordnete
Carl Goetz
as Strafgefangener #1 (as Karl Goetz)
Friedrich Kurth
as Strafgefangener #2
Arthur Duarte
as Strafgefangener 3
