The paths of three men cross for a short time in post-war Berlin. Robert and Willy are unattached and unemployed, Georg has joined them from Hamburg, he has a family and occasionally does something crooked. That's what the three of them are up to together: A safe is to be cracked, the plan comes from Robert. Then Else shows up, a former girlfriend of Robert's who now lives with his buddy Willy. She is interested in Robert again, but he turns her down. Blind with jealousy, Willy nevertheless feels betrayed and rats out their joint scheme to the police. As they stand in front of the strongbox, they are surrounded by police officers. One of them, Inspector Stern, suddenly recognizes in Robert the man who saved his life during the war.
Hardy Krüger
as Robert Wegner
Martin Held
as Inspector Stern
Mario Adorf
as Georg Kugler
Horst Frank
as Willy Schneider
Ingrid van Bergen
as Else
Peer Schmidt
as Constable Meyer
Ernst Waldow
as Bremer
Cordula Trantow
as Helga, genannt 'Schmetterling'
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
as
Manfred Meurer
as
Edith Hancke
as Woman on the train
Lu Säuberlich
as Mrs. Stern
