Franz Sommer, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years, forms a close relationship with his cellmate, Steineau. Upon release, his wife Helene is concerned as to how incarceration has changed the man she married.
William Dieterle
Franz Sommer (as Wilhelm Dieterle)
Gunnar Tolnæs
Fabrikant Rudolf Steinau
Mary Johnson
Helene - Sommers Frau
Paul Henckels
Helenes Vater - der Geheimrat
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Alfred
Gerd Briese
Der Staatsanwalt
Hugo Werner-Kahle
Der Abgeordnete
Carl Goetz
Strafgefangener #1 (as Karl Goetz)
Friedrich Kurth
Strafgefangener #2
Arthur Duarte
Strafgefangener 3