The film tells the tragic fate of railroad guard Thiel at the end of the 19th century. Thiel, who spends his days in the dull, monotonous fulfillment of his duties, has lost his gentle, quiet wife Minna. He remarries out of concern for his young son Tobias. His second wife Lene, with whom he also has a child, is superior to him in vitality and has a rough passion. He discovers that his child from his first marriage is being discriminated against and tormented by her - Thiel withdraws more and more into himself and becomes lonely. When Tobias is killed in an accident, he blames Lene, and disaster is inevitable...
Martin Trettau
as Bahnwärter Thiel
Walfriede Schmitt
as Lene
Blanche Kommerell
as Minna
Rolf Hoppe
as Pfarrer
Willi Schrade
as Zugführer
Walter Lendrich
as Bahnwärter
Walter Niklaus
as Narrator (voice)
Joachim Pape
as
Andreas Albert
as
Gerd Staiger
as
Roland Kuchenbuch
as
Roman-Eckhard Galonska
as
