As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

Hilde Krahl
as Helene Asmussen

Therese Giehse
as Elfriede Bergmann

Ursula Herking
as Dr. Behrens

Alice Treff
as Pastorin

Beate Koepnick
as Inge

Marianne Sinclair
as Näherin

Bernhard Wicki
as Hauptmann Dornberg

Ewald Balser
as General

Claus Biederstaedt
as Verpflegungsgefreiter

Rudolf Fernau
as Stabsarzt