As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.
Hilde Krahl
as Helene Asmussen
Therese Giehse
as Elfriede Bergmann
Ursula Herking
as Dr. Behrens
Alice Treff
as Pastorin
Beate Koepnick
as Inge
Marianne Sinclair
as Näherin
Bernhard Wicki
as Hauptmann Dornberg
Ewald Balser
as General
Claus Biederstaedt
as Verpflegungsgefreiter
Rudolf Fernau
as Stabsarzt
Maximilian Schell
as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Klaus Kinski
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
