Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
Jean-Marc Barr
as Leopold Kessler
Barbara Sukowa
as Katharina Hartmann
Udo Kier
as Lawrence Hartmann
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
as Uncle Kessler
Erik Mørk
as Pater
Jørgen Reenberg
as Max Hartmann
Henning Jensen
as Siggy
Eddie Constantine
as Colonel Harris
Max von Sydow
as Narrator (voice)
Benny Poulsen
as Steleman
Erno Müller
as Seifert
Dietrich Kuhlbrodt
as Inspector
