The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Horst Caspar
as Reporter Peter Zabel
Bettina Moissi
as Leata
O.E. Hasse
as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
Hans Leibelt
as Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
Irene von Meyendorff
as Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
Fritz Kortner
as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
Hilde Hildebrand
as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
Peter van Eyck
as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
Hans Christian Blech
as Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
Carl Raddatz
as Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
Arno Assmann
as Ermano, Partner von Conchita
Paul Hörbiger
as Musikclown „The Great Teatch“
