The forester Auer is found killed on a Sunday in the forest, and the police begins a feverish search for the culprit. Only pastor Gruber already knows who it is. It is Hannes Reyer, son of the richest farmer in the region, who has confessed the act of murder to him. Gruber, however, is bound to his obligation to secrecy. But when the young Ernst Nortinger is arrested under suspicion for murder, he knows what he has to do and relinquishes his priesthood in order to report Hannes to the police. But things don’t get so far, as Hannes dies in an accident during an altercation with the priest. Nonetheless, Gruber does not return to his office. In quiescence, he wants to find out whether he still can handle the burden of the priesthood. Senior pastor Bachmayer however is convinced that he will return.
Siegfried Rauch
as Pastor Franz Gruber
Hans Holt
as Pastor Julius Bachmayer
Christine Böhm
as Barbara Brandner
Maria Andergast
as Mother Brandner
Michael Negri
as Hannes Reyer
Walter Sedlmayr
as Franz Josef Reyer
Maria Sigg
as Walburga Reyer
Wolf Goldan
as Ernst Nortinger
Rut Rex
as Eva Siebert
Susi Engel
as Christl Siebert
Michael Cramer
as Berger
Franziska Stömmer
as Mrs. Seidl
