1929: Marie Lehning, a farm worker from Warmsdorf on the Baltic Sea, falls in love with the fisherman's son Mingo. Both complete an apprenticeship in Lübeck. Marie wants to become a seamstress, Mingo a carpenter. After their first night of love, they swear eternal fidelity. But Marie has to return to the village, her mother is ill and her siblings are unprovided for. She starts working as a maid on a farm. Unexpectedly, she meets the young Kurt Meier from Berlin, whom she knows from before.
Stina Ekblad
as Marie Lehning
Erwin Berner
as Mingo Merten
Uwe Steinbruch
as Kurt Meier
Simone von Zglinicki
as Vicki Bäuerlein
Gisela May
as Adele Fuchs
Volkmar Kleinert
as Rechtsanwalt Bäuerlein
Friedo Solter
as
Jessy Rameik
as
Hildegard Alex
as
Gela Götze
as
Renate Heymer
as
Gabriele Berlin
as
