Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "newcomer" to the area and even after eleven years in the area, still a "stranger". A Cracow company announces that a money-collector is on his way to the innkeeper. Mr. Szulski arrives and the debts are settled - with money supposedly stemming from an inheritance. The next day, Szulski departs but according to the maid and the stable-boy, behaves in a very strange manner. Soon afterwards, his carriage is discovered in the Oder River, but there is no trace of the drowned man. Hradscheck's neighbor starts casting suspicion on the innkeeper. The Counselor of Justice, who heads the investigations has the spot under the pear tree dug out. A dead body is exhumed...
Angelica Domröse
as Ursula Hradschek
Erik S. Klein
as Abel Hradschek
Agnes Kraus
as Mutter Jeschken
Norbert Christian
as Pfarrer Eccelius
Manfred Karge
as Bauer Kunicke
Günter Junghans
as Bauer Mietzel
Gert Gütschow
as Müller Quass
Heinz Scholz
as Dorfschulze Woytasch
Hannjo Hasse
as Justizrat Vowinkel
Jürgen Frohriep
as Gendarm Geelhaar
Peter Aust
as Georg
Karla Runkehl
as Male
