During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
Heinrich George
as Nettelbeck
Kristina Söderbaum
as Maria
Horst Caspar
as Gneisenau
Gustav Diessl
as Schill
Paul Wegener
as Loucadou
Claus Clausen
as König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Irene von Meyendorff
as Königin
Paul Bildt
as Rektor
Kurt Meisel
as Claus Werner
Franz Schafheitlin
as Fanselow
Paul Henckels
as Major in Königsberg
Otto Wernicke
as Bauer Werner
