The film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and is based on a novel by Helmut Lorenz.

Nils Asther
as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

Hans Albers
as Oberheizer Tim Kreuger

Heinrich George
as Obermaat Röwer

Käthe Haack
as Anna Sass

Hans Mierendorff
as Kapitän des "Großherzog"

Camilla Spira
as

Agnes Esterhazy
as

Dary Holm
as

Bernhard Goetzke
as

Werner Pittschau
as