Shortly after the outbreak of World War I August 1914, Eastern Front. The Russian surprise attack on the northeasternmost part of the country causes serious problems for the German defenders.
Hans Stüwe
as Gutsbesitzer Rittmeister von Arndt
Käthe Haack
as Grete von Arndt
Franziska Kinz
as Gutsfrau Frau Puchheiten
Wolfgang Staudte
as Husar Franke
Viktor de Kowa
as Rittmeister Fürst Wolgoff
Hertha von Walther
as Sonja
Ernst Pröckl
as General der Artillerie Martos
Valy Arnheim
as Oberstleutnant Fjedorow
Georg Schmieter
as Oberst Gerwe
Georg H. Schnell
as General der Kavallerie Shilinski
