A farmer receives land from the king and discovers a buried golden mortar. He decides to give it to the king out of gratitude, but his clever daughter warns him that the king will surely want him to bring a corresponding pestle as well. When the king throws the farmer into jail for fraud, he bemoans the fact that he did not listen to his daughter.

Cox Habbema
as Bauerntochter

Eberhard Esche
as König

Sigurd Schulz
as Vater

Hannes Fischer
as Vogt

Peter Dommisch
as Kilian

Jürgen Holtz
as Veit

Käthe Reichel
as Ulrike

Gerd E. Schäfer
as Steuereintreiber

Lilo Grahn
as Heide

Dieter Mann
as Bauer