Overview

In 1948, students from Berlin University take part in the filming of a movie about the 1848 revolution as extras. A dispute arises between Else and Heinz, who tends to dismiss the revolution as a comical affair. Two fiercely opposing camps form at the university. But Heinz begins to reflect, and reading about a young student who lost his life in the turbulent days a hundred years earlier slowly changes his attitude. The conclusion of the filming at the Wartburg also reunites him with Else.

Genres

Cast

Inge von Wangenheim

Else Weber

Wilhelm Borchert

Heinz Althaus

Viktoria von Ballasko

Betty

Josef Sieber

Architekt Ring

Willi Rose

Gustav Knetsch, Nante

Harry Hindemith

Schneegandt

Arnold Marquis

Hinzdorf

Paul Bildt

Direktor Schöffer

Ernst Legal

Professer Kortlein

Lotte Loebinger

Frau Jandrek

Charles Brauer

Sohn von Ring

Erik von Loewis

Adjutant des Königs