Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.
Regimantas Adomaitis
Carin Abicht
Heidemarie Wenzel
Jörg Panknin
Peter Hölzel
Rainer Kleinstück
Günter Wolf
Herwart Grosse
Václav Kotva
Günter Drescher
Klaus Gehrke
Erich Gerberding
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Wolf Goette
Helga Göring
Horst Hiemer
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Stanislav Lyubshin
Wolfgang Brunecker
Erwin Berner
Rolf Colditz
Helmut Bez
Astrid Bless
Horst Friedrich
Helmut Schreiber
Traute Sense
Alfred Struwe
Klaus Tilsner
Werner Riemann
Hannelore Wüst
Rolf Ripperger
Christoph Beyertt
Marylu Poolman
Christiane Lanzke
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Nico Turoff
Alfred Rücker