The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Horst Caspar
Bettina Moissi
O.E. Hasse
Hans Leibelt
Irene von Meyendorff
Fritz Kortner
Hilde Hildebrand
Peter van Eyck
Hans Christian Blech
Carl Raddatz
Arno Assmann
Paul Hörbiger
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Camilla Spira
Blandine Ebinger
Horst Hächler
Jeanette Schultze
Arno Paulsen
Rolf von Nauckhoff
Ilse Werner
Adrian Hoven
Helmut Käutner