"Soon after World War II, a pregnant Polish refugee, Pauline, wanders Berlin looking for the boyfriend who abandoned her. She has no option but to sell her child to another woman, Anna. After the birth, Pauline decides she wants the baby back."
Curd Jürgens
as Bruno Mechelke
Maria Schell
as Pauline Karka
Gustav Knuth
as Karl John
Heidemarie Hatheyer
as Anna John
Ilse Steppat
as Frau Knobbe
Franz Rémond Jr.
as Harro Hassenreuter
Lou Seitz
as Hebamme Kielbacke
Barbara Rost
as Selma Knobbe
Erich Dunskus
as
Carl de Vogt
Hans Bergmann
Walter Bluhm
Karl Hellmer
as Postbeamter
Manfred Meurer
Werner Eisbrenner
Original Music Composer
Robert Siodmak
Director
Artur Brauner
Producer
Jochen Huth
Writer
Clemens Tütsch
Sound
Ilse Schulz
Makeup Artist
Willi Nixdorf
Hugo Schott
Camera Operator
Gerhart Hauptmann
Theatre Play
Maria Brauner
Costume Design
Bob Klebig
Still Photographer
Wolfgang Bellenbaum
Assistant Director
Gertrud Schaefer
Göran Strindberg
Director of Photography
Ira Oberberg
Editor
Klaus Eckstein
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Production Design
Rolf Zehetbauer