Overview
The paths of three men cross for a short time in post-war Berlin. Robert and Willy are unattached and unemployed, Georg has joined them from Hamburg, he has a family and occasionally does something crooked. That's what the three of them are up to together: A safe is to be cracked, the plan comes from Robert. Then Else shows up, a former girlfriend of Robert's who now lives with his buddy Willy. She is interested in Robert again, but he turns her down. Blind with jealousy, Willy nevertheless feels betrayed and rats out their joint scheme to the police. As they stand in front of the strongbox, they are surrounded by police officers. One of them, Inspector Stern, suddenly recognizes in Robert the man who saved his life during the war.
Director and cast
- Alfred Weidenmann Director
- Hardy Krüger as Robert Wegner
- Martin Held as Inspector Stern
- Mario Adorf as Georg Kugler
- Horst Frank as Willy Schneider
- Ingrid van Bergen as Else
- Peer Schmidt as Constable Meyer
- Ernst Waldow as Bremer
- Cordula Trantow as Helga, genannt 'Schmetterling'
- Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann Cast
- Manfred Meurer Cast
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