It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.
Gert Krause-Melzer
as Günter
Виктор Перевалов
as Igor
Dorothea Meissner
as Christine
Norbert Christian
as Vater Bergschicker
Karla Runkehl
as Mutter Bergschicker
Всеволод Сафонов
as Golubkow
Rolf Ludwig
as Vater Walcher
Katja Paryla
as Mutter Walcher
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
as Polizist
Claus Küchenmeister
as Willi
Ulrich Teschner
as Bannführer
Peter Bause
as deutscher Soldat
