Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war.
Milena
Ober-Vormann Schulze
Unterfeldmeister Böhm
Uta Barnim
Peter Wiese
Frau Gomulka
Stabsgefreiter Kindchen
Christian Vetter
Sepp Gomulka
Gundel Theiß
Werner Holt
Rechtsanwalt Gomulka
Oberfeldwebel Burgkert
Unteroffizier Revetcki
Frau Dengelmann
Studienrat Knaack
Knoth
SS-Mann
Fritz Zemtzki