A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.
Paul Bildt
as Karl Webers
Harry Hindemith
as Ernst Webers
Paul Edwin Roth
as Harry Webers
Viktoria von Ballasko
as Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau
Inge Landgut
as Inge Webers
Erna Sellmer
as Bäckersfrau
Walter Gross
as 1. Skeptiker
Herbert Weißbach
as 2. Skeptiker
Alfred Balthoff
as Fachingenieur Bergstetter
Siegmar Schneider
as Peter Struwe
Ina Halley
as Niki
Angelika Hurwicz
as Ilse
