Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen (Albers) and young, beautiful Inken Peters (Annemarie Dueringer).
Hans Albers
as Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen
Annemarie Düringer
as Inken Peters
Martin Held
as Erich Klamroth
Hannelore Schroth
as Ottilie Klamroth, geb. Clausen
Claus Biederstaedt
as Egbert Clausen
Maria Becker
as Bettina Clausen
Erich Schellow
as Wolfgang Clausen
Inge Langen
as Paula Clausen, geb. Rübsamen
Wolfgang Preiss
as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
Hans Nielsen
as Dr. Steynitz, Sanitätsrat
Johanna Hofer
as Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter
Kurt Vespermann
as Wuttke, Fahrer bei Clausen
