The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves.

Han Bentz van den Berg
as Karn

Monique van de Ven
as Loesje

Herman Naber
as Dries

Helmert Woudenberg
as Harm

Kitty Courbois
as Koba

Elizabeth Hoytink
as Moeder

Peter Faber
as Rattenvanger

Ward de Ravet
as Invalide

Jan Blaaser
as Kees

Theu Boermans
as Telegrafist