In "Menschen Untereinander" ("The Folk Upstairs"), director Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the social microcosm of an apartment building. The gossip-mad Frau Mierig (Lydia Potechina) from the rear building gives the newly-arrived Frau Kaminski (Käthe Haack), the janitor's wife, a lively initiation into the tenants and their peculiarities.
Käthe Haack
as Mrs. Kaminski
Lydia Potechina
as Mrs. Mierig
Alfred Abel
as Helmuth Köhler
Aud Egede-Nissen
as Gertrud Köhler
Eduard Rothauser
as Mr. Rudloff
Renate Brausewetter
as Brigitte Rudloff
Paul Bildt
as Mr. Ritter
Elsa Wagner
as Mrs. Ritter
Erika Glässner
as Mrs. 'Bütti' Büttner
Margarete Kupfer
as Ria Ricarda Roda
Olga Limburg
as Helene Ipanova
Hermine Sterler
as Prison Chief
