The 20-year-old Berliner Wilhelm, called Willi, returns from two years as a prisoner of war to the village of Weltzow in the Havel region, where he meets Hans Graber, a former comrade from the front. Hans is now a teacher and finds Willi a job with innkeeper Brunzel. His daughter, Mrs. Leidenfrost, has been a widow for five years, as her husband was killed at the front. Over time, she begins to take a liking to Willi, but Willi is not aware of this. He is interested in the dressmaker Ulla, but skips their first meeting when he learns in the inn that Ulla has an illegitimate child.
Franziska Troegner
as Elvira Dickopp
Carola Braunbock
as Frau Dickopp
Walter Lendrich
as Bauer Dickopp
Hans Klering
as Gastwirt Brunzel
Hilmar Baumann
as Lehrer Gräber
Gudrun Ritter
as Frau Leidenfrost
Carl Heinz Choynski
as Lehmann
Dieter Montag
as Willi
Jenny Gröllmann
as Ulla
Wolfgang Arnst
as Arthur
Erich Petraschk
as Kurt
Theresia Wider
as Trude
