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
Willi Kufalt
Peter Ehrlich
Batzke
Sigurd Fitzek
Bruhn
Ursula Dirichs
Hilde Harder
Wolfgang Reichmann
Heimleiter Marcetus
Gerhard Geisler
Wachtmeister Petrow
Robert Naegele
Beerboom
Georg Hartmann
Jauch
Herwig Walter
Maak
Karl-Georg Saebisch
Freese
Wilhelm Kürten
Krafft
Christine Oesterlein
Alfred Schieske
Hauptwachtmeister Rusch
Friedrich Maurer
Glasermeister Eugen Harder
Hans Beuthner
Hermann Wossidlo
Dietrich Thoms
Wachtmeister Gröschke
Hildegard Flöricke
Frau Harder
Hannes Kaetner
Kriminalassistent Brödchen
Hans Pössenbacher
Wachtmeister Thiessen
Carol Wagner
Pastorin Flege
Ellen Hille
Frau Zwietusch
Hans E. Schons
Herr Bär
Adolf Ziegler
Pfarrer Kaiser
Rosl Mayr
Vermieterin Wendler
Fritz Umgelter
Director
Peter Thomas
Music
Kurt Grigoleit
Cinematography
Ilse Wankmüller
Costume Design
Reinhard Müller-Freienfels
Writer
Hans Fallada
Novel
Theo Zwierski
Production Design
Marie Anne Gerhardt
Editor
Helmut Gassner
Art Direction
