Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, but his ship, the last of its kind, is going to be converted into a floating restaurant. Otto, whose his strong attachment to the ship has already cost him his relationship with his girlfriend Caramba (Renate Krößner), refuses to take another job and instead joins a railway construction brigade.

Manfred Krug
as Otto Scheidel

Renate Krößner
as Caramba

Bolesław Płotnicki
as Jule

Arnim Mühlstädt
as Militz

Jürgen Heinrich
as Langer

Thomas Neumann
as Heiner

Fred Delmare
as Koch

Christoph Engel
as BLG-Vorsitzender

Regine Heintze
as Blondine

Hilmar Baumann
as Betriebsstellenleiter