

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

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