In 1948, students from Berlin University take part in the filming of a movie about the 1848 revolution as extras. A dispute arises between Else and Heinz, who tends to dismiss the revolution as a comical affair. Two fiercely opposing camps form at the university. But Heinz begins to reflect, and reading about a young student who lost his life in the turbulent days a hundred years earlier slowly changes his attitude. The conclusion of the filming at the Wartburg also reunites him with Else.
Inge von Wangenheim
as Else Weber
Wilhelm Borchert
as Heinz Althaus
Viktoria von Ballasko
as Betty
Josef Sieber
as Architekt Ring
Ann Höling
as Lissy Zehnter
Willi Rose
as Gustav Knetsch, Nante
Harry Hindemith
as Schneegandt
Arnold Marquis
as Hinzdorf
Eduard von Winterstein
as Vater Althaus
Paul Bildt
as Direktor Schöffer
Ernst Legal
as Professer Kortlein
Lotte Loebinger
as Frau Jandrek
