In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.
as Johann
as Christina
as Levin
as Marie
as Prediger Feller
as Josepha
as Abdecker Froese
as Scarletto
as Antonia
as Krolikowski
as Philippi
as Zbylut
as Weiszmantel
as Willuhn
as Tante Huse
as Kaplan Rogalla
as Polizeimeister Birfacker
as Korrinth
as Nieswandt
as von Bahr-Uckley
as von Tittlack
as Rittmeister von Lojewski
as Geethe
as Fagin
as Frau Rosinke
as Gendarm Adam
as Habedank
as Sekretär Bonikowski