The 20-year-old Berliner Wilhelm, called Willi, returns from two years as a prisoner of war to the village of Weltzow in the Havel region, where he meets Hans Graber, a former comrade from the front. Hans is now a teacher and finds Willi a job with innkeeper Brunzel. His daughter, Mrs. Leidenfrost, has been a widow for five years, as her husband was killed at the front. Over time, she begins to take a liking to Willi, but Willi is not aware of this. He is interested in the dressmaker Ulla, but skips their first meeting when he learns in the inn that Ulla has an illegitimate child.
as Elvira Dickopp
as Frau Dickopp
as Bauer Dickopp
as Gastwirt Brunzel
as Lehrer Gräber
as Frau Leidenfrost
as Lehmann
as Willi
as Ulla
as Arthur
as Kurt
as Trude