Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West. Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl, who helps her cross the border, and they fall in love.

Eva Kotthaus
as Anna Kaminski

Erik Schumann
as Carl Altmann

Rainer Stang
as Jochen Kaminski

Erich Ponto
as Vater Kaminski

Lucie Höflich
as Mutter Kaminski

Georg Thomalla
as Willi Becker

Gustav Knuth
as Otto Friese

Camilla Spira
as Elsbeth Friese

Siegfried Lowitz
as Hüske

Horst Buchholz
as Mischa Bjelkin