
As a German soldier in the 6th Army, Colonel Joachim Ebershagen is trapped in the Stalingrad cauldron. His experiences cause him to begin to doubt the meaning of the war. He is flown out as a wounded soldier on one of the last planes. Back home, he becomes commander of Greifswald. Towards the end of the war, he surrendered the city to the Soviet army without a fight on April 30, 1945. The death sentence pronounced by a court martial is not carried out.

as General Neurichter

as Feldwebel Kranz

as Oberst Ebershagen

as Professor Karnach

as Hans Stiller

as Major Schönemann

as Anja

as Albrecht

as Lauer

as Hausmädchen

as Angelika Ebershagen

as Professor Engelhardt

as Frau Stiller

as Soldat