During the Third Reich, Macke played the drums for the Hitler Youth, but also had a "dangerous" penchant for jazz. After the war, he came under ideological fire in the Soviet zone. Finally in West Germany, he ends up in an institution.
Wolfgang Neuss
as Macke Prinz
Karin Baal
as Nenne Briehl
Ingrid van Bergen
as Almuth Prinz
Jo Herbst
as Adalbert
Wolfgang Gruner
as Arthur
Achim Strietzel
as Knösel
Ralf Wolter
as Keschke
Willi Rose
as Macke's Father
Inge Egger
as Mrs. Briehl
Eckart Dux
as Kemskorn
Hilde Sessak
as Macke's Mother
Bruno W. Pantel
as Mr. Niel
