A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate. Upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.
as Franz Sommer (as Wilhelm Dieterle)
as Fabrikant Rudolf Steinau
as Helene - Sommers Frau
as Helenes Vater - der Geheimrat
as Alfred
as Der Staatsanwalt
as Der Abgeordnete
as Strafgefangener #1 (as Karl Goetz)
as Strafgefangener #2
as Strafgefangener 3