A man in his fifties returns from America to his native village. Everyone knows that in the New World he served a lengthy prison sentence for manslaughter. He retreats to an isolated quarry in the woods he inherited. There he lives like a hermit, gruffly disencouraging anyone to come near the place.
Heinrich Gretler
as Arnold Murer
Maria Schell
as Meiti / Gretl
Adolf Manz
as Gemeindeammann Hotz / Mayor Hotz
Gertrud Maria Müller
as Frau Hotz / Mrs. Hotz
Willy Frey
as Lehrer Kiburz / Teacher Kiburz
Max Haufler
as Näppi
Sigfrit Steiner
as Näppi - Dorfidiot
