Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war.
Wilhelm Winter
Friedhelm Winter
Greta Müller
Viktor Goldstein
Charlotte
Dorn
Hildegard
Dr. Jahn
Brigitte
Hiemer
Lilja
Alina
Jerzy
Hauptmann Feigl
Stanislawski
Mother Winter
Father Winter
Bertok
Schneider
Bartel
Dorn's Wife
Erika
Frau Schulze
Dorn's Daughter
Sonja
Viktor's Father
Polish Farmer
Viktor's Mother
Feldwebel Krebs
Zwei
Koch
Dorgerloh
Eins
Freitag
Dorn's Aide
Schmidt
Polish Farmer's Son
Maid
Willy
Commander