When land surveyor K arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles.

Ulrich Mühe
as K

Susanne Lothar
as Frieda

Frank Giering
as Artur

Felix Eitner
as Jeremias

Nikolaus Paryla
as Vorsteher

André Eisermann
as Barnabas

Dörte Lyssewski
as Olga

Inga Busch
as Amalia

Norbert Schwientek
as Bürgel

Hans Diehl
as Erlanger