This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...
Marita Böhme
as Minna
Otto Mellies
as Tellheim
Christel Bodenstein
as Franziska
Johannes Arpe
as Bruchsaal
Manfred Krug
as Werner
Herwart Grosse
as Wirt
Helga Göring
as Witwe
Gerhard Vogt
as Just
Fred Düren
as Riccaut
Alexander Papendiek
as Feldjäger
Horst Giese
as Spieler
Jochen Diestelmann
as Bedienter
