"Russian soldier Grisha escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp in the spring of 1917. He is caught and is to be shot as a spy. This decision is controversial. The dispute continues. Grisha is executed on the orders of the army high command."
Josef Karlík
as Grischa
Jutta Wachowiak
as Babka
Günter Naumann
as Sacht
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
as Von Lychow
Dieter Mann
as Winfried
Horst Schulze
as Posnansky
Klaus Piontek
as Werner Bertin
Dieter Franke
as Schieffenzahn
Alfred Struwe
as
Joachim Zschocke
Norbert Christian
Cornelia Schmaus
Petra Hinze
Rolf Ludwig
Hannes Fischer
Dietrich Körner
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Fritz Links
Benno Mieth
as Fedjusche
Fritz Mohr
as Reserveleutnant
Berko Acker
Gert Andreae
Wolfgang Arnst
Walter Bechstein
Erich Brauer
Carola Braunbock
Heinrich Buttchereit
Jochen Diestelmann
Axel Dietrich
Rudolf Donath
Günter Drescher
Christoph Engel
Eugen Eschner
Hans Feldner
Michael Gerber
Horst Giese
Jörg Gillner
Siegfried Göhler
Wolfram Handel
Erich Haußmann
Heinz Hellmich
Maika Joseph
Jörg Knochée
Heinz Kamnitzer
Writer
Ursula Rudzki
Editor
Arnold Zweig
Novel
Siegfried Matthus
Original Music Composer
Helmut Schiemann
Günter Eisinger
Director of Photography
Director