
Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war.

Klaus-Peter Thiele
Werner Holt

Arno Wyzniewski
Sepp Gomulka

Günter Junghans
Christian Vetter

Peter Reusse
Peter Wiese

Monika Woytowicz
Gundel Theiß

Dietlinde Greiff
Marie Krüger

Angelica Domröse
Uta Barnim

Manfred Karge
Gilbert Wolzow
Maria Alexander
Gertie Ziesche

Wolfgang Langhoff
Professor Holt
Wolf Kaiser
Generalmajor Wolzow

Erika Pelikowsky
Frau Wolzow

Martin Flörchinger
Rechtsanwalt Gomulka

Helga Göring
Frau Gomulka
Ingeborg Ottmann
Frau Wiese