Shortly after the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler at the beginning of 1933, preparations were underway to silence the members of the socialist and communist parties.

Jochen Brockmann
as Georgi Dimitrow

Erika Dunkelmann
as Marta, seine Frau

Horst Naumann
as Paul, sein Sohn

Irma Münch
as Herta Ring, Journalistin

Fred Delmare
as Marinus van der Lubbe

Hans-Peter Thielen
as Graf Helldorf

Horst Koch
as Hermann Göring

Albert Garbe
as Ernst Röhm, Stabschef der SA

Peter Herden
as Ernst, Gruppenführer der SA

Harry Hindemith
as Walter Rottstock, Metallarbeiter