The forester Auer is found killed on a Sunday in the forest, and the police begins a feverish search for the culprit. Only pastor Gruber already knows who it is. It is Hannes Reyer, son of the richest farmer in the region, who has confessed the act of murder to him. Gruber, however, is bound to his obligation to secrecy. But when the young Ernst Nortinger is arrested under suspicion for murder, he knows what he has to do and relinquishes his priesthood in order to report Hannes to the police. But things don’t get so far, as Hannes dies in an accident during an altercation with the priest. Nonetheless, Gruber does not return to his office. In quiescence, he wants to find out whether he still can handle the burden of the priesthood. Senior pastor Bachmayer however is convinced that he will return.
as Pastor Franz Gruber
as Pastor Julius Bachmayer
as Barbara Brandner
as Mother Brandner
as Hannes Reyer
as Franz Josef Reyer
as Walburga Reyer
as Ernst Nortinger
as Eva Siebert
as Christl Siebert
as Berger
as Mrs. Seidl
as Tobias Retzler
as Commissioner
as Wurzelsepp
as Auer
