

Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral conflict. He is offered a promotion to become the head of a division—on the condition that he find a reason to fire Zacharias, a communist and the work council chairman.

Rüdiger Joswig
Harald Walcher

Katja Paryla
Frau Walcher

Brigitte Krause
Mutter Walcher

Jürgen Hentsch
Direktor Stahlberg

Ute Christensen
Junges Mädchen

Günter Schubert
1. Gast
Joachim Trotz
Narrator
Horst Hiemer
Gert Krause-Melzer
Günter Walcher (archive footage)

Rolf Ludwig