The film tells the tragic fate of railroad guard Thiel at the end of the 19th century. Thiel, who spends his days in the dull, monotonous fulfillment of his duties, has lost his gentle, quiet wife Minna. He remarries out of concern for his young son Tobias. His second wife Lene, with whom he also has a child, is superior to him in vitality and has a rough passion. He discovers that his child from his first marriage is being discriminated against and tormented by her - Thiel withdraws more and more into himself and becomes lonely. When Tobias is killed in an accident, he blames Lene, and disaster is inevitable...
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Director
Klaus Jörn
Screenplay
Horst Hardt
Director of Photography
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Screenplay
Martin Trettau
Bahnwärter Thiel
Walfriede Schmitt
Lene
Blanche Kommerell
Minna
Rolf Hoppe
Pfarrer
Willi Schrade
Zugführer
Walter Lendrich
Bahnwärter
Walter Niklaus
Narrator (voice)
Joachim Pape
Andreas Albert
Gerd Staiger
Roland Kuchenbuch
Roman-Eckhard Galonska
