Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen (Albers) and young, beautiful Inken Peters (Annemarie Dueringer).
as Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen
as Inken Peters
as Erich Klamroth
as Ottilie Klamroth, geb. Clausen
as Egbert Clausen
as Bettina Clausen
as Wolfgang Clausen
as Paula Clausen, geb. Rübsamen
as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
as Dr. Steynitz, Sanitätsrat
as Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter
as Wuttke, Fahrer bei Clausen
as Diener
as Gärtner