"After serving five years Willi soon learns that his new life is another kind of prison since no one trusts an ex-convict. His uphill struggle for a job and shattered hopes of a normal existence grind him down to utter despair."
Klaus Kammer
as Willi Kufalt
Peter Ehrlich
as Batzke
Sigurd Fitzek
as Bruhn
Ursula Dirichs
as Hilde Harder
Wolfgang Reichmann
as Heimleiter Marcetus
Gerhard Geisler
as Wachtmeister Petrow
Robert Naegele
as Beerboom
Georg Hartmann
as Jauch
Herwig Walter
as Maak
Karl-Georg Saebisch
as Freese
Wilhelm Kürten
as Krafft
Christine Oesterlein
as
Alfred Schieske
as Hauptwachtmeister Rusch
Friedrich Maurer
as Glasermeister Eugen Harder
Hans Beuthner
as Hermann Wossidlo
Dietrich Thoms
as Wachtmeister Gröschke
Hildegard Flöricke
as Frau Harder
Hannes Kaetner
as Kriminalassistent Brödchen
Hans Pössenbacher
as Wachtmeister Thiessen
Carol Wagner
as Pastorin Flege
Ellen Hille
as Frau Zwietusch
Hans E. Schons
as Herr Bär
Adolf Ziegler
as Pfarrer Kaiser
Rosl Mayr
as Vermieterin Wendler
Fritz Umgelter
Director
Reinhard Müller-Freienfels
Writer
Hans Fallada
Novel
Peter Thomas
Music
Kurt Grigoleit
Cinematography
Marie Anne Gerhardt
Editor
Theo Zwierski
Production Design
Helmut Gassner
Art Direction
Ilse Wankmüller
Costume Design