August Staudenmeyer returns after thirty years absence as a wealthy man in his hometown Gerbersau. First, the successful businessman is received with open arms. But when he stands up for the outlawed widow Katharina Entriss, he gets sidelined. August realizes that the narrow-mindedness of the Gerbersauer has by no means changed. Richer for an experience and a love, he leaves home a second time.

August Zirner
August Staudenmeyer

Heike Makatsch
Katarina Endriss

Herbert Knaup
Bürgermeister

Margarita Broich
Leonore

Oliver Stokowski
Hermann Mohrle
Robert Spitz
Lukas Pfrommer
Annette Paulmann
Berta
Vera Lippisch
Frau Dreiss

Gottfried Breitfuß
Oberamtsarzt Weil
Frank Tafelmaier
Fuhrknecht

Katja Bürkle
Amalie Pfrommer
Eckart Fritz
Fotograf
Manfred Fähndrich
Oberamtmann Beutele
Juliane Heß
Mädchen
Siegfried Rank
Schuldirektor Hegele