Jürgen Fohrmann works as a hauer underground. In the course of the coal crisis, his mine closes - he loses the work. In this mood, his wife's prosperity thinking gets on his nerves - his marriage threatens to break. The dismissed coal buddy applys, first becomes an auxiliary worker, but then receives a job in an automated operation of the electrical industry and believes to have socially risen through this "clean work". Fohrmann quickly realizes that wearing a "white coat" is only seemingly better than the arduous work in the pit and understands that he can no longer stay out of the work struggles of the buddies.
Günther Simon
as Jürgen Fohrmann
Irma Münch
as Inge Fohrmann
Lissy Tempelhof
as Irene
Helga Göring
as Veronika Borowski
Sabine Thalbach
as Erika
Kurt Müller-Reitzner
as Baumann
Fred Delmare
as Jupp
Fritz Schlegel
as Willi
Gerd Ehlers
as Polenz
Walter Lendrich
as Karl Borowski
Madeleine Lierck
as Rosi Borowski
Johannes Wieke
as Lehnertz
