Four hours by boat from the lightship Elbe 1 is the southern entrance and lock of the Kiel Canal. There, in Brunsbüttelkoog, is a seamen's home run by Klara Andresen. This is the main setting of the movie. In the sailors' wives' home, the wives of sailors wait for their return. Klara Andresen not only looks after the concerns of the waiting sailors' wives, but also her brother-in-law Gustav Andresen . Gustav has gone to sea as a ship's cook and now wants to get married. That's why he has placed a marriage announcement and is waiting for the reactions.
Carsta Löck
as Klara Andresen
Klaus Höhne
as Gustav Andresen
Helga Feddersen
as Lore Elvers
Elke Twiesselmann
as Elli Andresen
Regine Lutz
as Karin Starke
Rolf Schimpf
as Klaus Starke
Evelyn Hamann
as Elke Hansen
Jochen Schenck
as Horst Lohmeyer
Ingrid von Bothmer
as Mutter Schöne
Verena Buss
as Margot
Volker Spengler
as Uwe Schöne
