"The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in prison, where she is one of few political prisoners."
Jutta Wachowiak
as Hella Lindau
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Hermann Reimers
Slávka Budínová
as Lola
Christine Gloger
as Frenzel
Inge Keller
as Irene
Käthe Reichel
as Olser
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
as Hensch
Barbara Zinn
as Elsie
Katrin Sass
as Barbara
Ewa Ziętek
as Hilde
Friedrich Richter
as Sanitätsrat
Carin Abicht
as Gefangene
Dorothea Mommsen
Christa Pasemann
as Maschinenmeister
Ursula Braun
as Naudorf
Katrin Martin
as Konrad
Reinhard Straube
as Reimers' Genosse
Johannes Wieke
as Reimers Vater
Rolf Ludwig
as Gefängnisarzt
Irma Münch
Johanna Clas
Karla Runkehl
as Beamtin
Christa Lehmann
as Direktorin
Christa Löser
as Simon
Rose Becker
Ellen Tiedtke
Inge Noack
Sina Fiedler-Engel
Christiane Lechle
Katharina Rothärmel
Gertraud Last
as Wachtmeisterin
Ostara Körner
as Wärterin
Katarina Tomaschewsky
as Genossin
Angela Brunner
as Lenchen
Karin Gregorek
as Bibelforscherin
Doris Thalmer
as Oma
Günther Rücker
Director
Günter Reisch
Writer
Eva Lippold
Novel
Jürgen Brauer
Cinematography
Erika Lehmphul
Editor
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Music