

139 minutes
6/30/1966
Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems. New Socialist Unity Party secretary Werner Horrath is charged with bringing the rough-and-ready builder crew into line. The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer Kati Klee. But when she gets pregnant by married man Horrath, he is in danger of being expelled from the party, and Balla takes his side...

Manfred Krug
as Hannes Balla

Krystyna Stypułkowska
as Kati Klee

Eberhard Esche
as Werner Horrath

Johannes Wieke
as Hermann Jansen

Walter Richter-Reinick
as Richard Trautmann

Hans-Peter Minetti
as Heinz Bleibtreu

Walter Jupé
as Hesselbarth

Ingeborg Schuhmacher
as Marianne Horrath

Gertrud Brendler
as Frau Schickedanz

Helga Göring
as Elli
Erich Mirek
as Oswald Ziemer
Günter Meier
as Bast

Karl Brenk
as Franz Büchner

Helmut Schreiber
as Elbers
Fred Ludwig
as Wolbig

Erik Veldre
as Jochmann

Hans-Peter Reinecke
as Galomski
Albert Zahn
as Eisenflechter
Heinz Laggies
as Brigademitglied
Harald Moszdorf
as Brigademitglied
Johannes Maus
as Polizist
Maika Joseph
as Krankenschwester
Sina Fiedler-Engel
as Krankenschwester
Gisela Graupner
as Brigademitglied

Gerhard Hänsel
as Maurer
Werner Kamenik
as Parteileitungsmitglied
Fritz Mohr
as Parteileitungsmitglied

Wolfgang Ostberg
as Brigademitglied
Christa Pasemann
as Parteileitungsmitglied

Dieter Perlwitz
as Mitglied der Bezirksleitung
Gerd Scheibel
as Parteileitungsmitglied
Roman Silberstein
as Oberleutnant der VP
Erika Stiska
as Parteileitungsmitglied
Karl-Heinz Weiss
as Parteileitungsmitglied
Gerhard Wien
as Parteileitungsmitglied