Based on an 1884 novel by Julius Stinde, it is a family chronicle set in late nineteenth century Berlin.
Henny Porten
as Wilhelmine Buchholz
Paul Westermeier
as Carl Buchholz, ihr Mann
Gustav Fröhlich
as Frauenarzt Dr. Franz Wrenzchen
Grethe Weiser
as Jette, Dienstmädchen bei Buchholzens
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
as Kathinka Bergfeldt
Albert Hehn
as Friedrich Wilhelm Holle, Kunstmaler
Kurt Vespermann
as Verleger
Käthe Dyckhoff
as
Marianne Simson
as
Hans Zesch-Ballot
as
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
as
Erich Fiedler
as
