After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
as Katharina Blum
as Kommissar Beizmenne
as Werner Tötges
as Ludwig Götten
as Dr. Blorna, Anwalt
as Trude Blorna
as Staatsanwalt Hach
as Moeding, Polizist
as Weninger, Journalist „Die Zeitung“
as Else Woltersheim, Patentante Katharinas
as Konrad Beiters
as Alois Sträubleder, Unternehmer
as Frau Pletzer
as Staatsanwalt Dr. Korten
as Lüding, Konzernherr
as Dr. Heinen
as Pater Urbanus
as "Scheich" Karl
as Herta Scheumel
as Claudia Stern
as Hedwig Plotten
as Georg (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Anna (uncredited)