Algeria, mid-50s: it is the time of uprisings against the French colonial power. The German-born foreign legionary Hans Röder witnesses inhuman criminal actions against members of the Algerian resistance movement. These go to the account of the French secret organisation "Red Hand", but it cannot use witnesses. Röder deserts and tries to bring his observations to the public. He is relentlessly pursued by the "Red Hand", which leaves a bloody trace. Röder flees to West Germany, but here too the arm of the organisation enough. He sees no other way out than to escape to the GDR.
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Hans Röder
Paul Berndt
as André Berthaud
Gerd Biewer
as Mouchon
Jochen Diestelmann
as Leutnant bei Demand
Dom de Beern
as Kuhnert
Ralf Bregazzi
as Demand
Ivan Malré
as Jean Dearue
Brigitte Krause
as Hannelore Puchmann
Horst Weinheimer
as Karl Steppat
Erich Gerberding
as Pierre Vaudrin
Martin Flörchinger
as Mustapha Saadi
Werner Röwekamp
as Kriminalassistent
