

Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems. New Socialist Unity Party secretary Werner Horrath is charged with bringing the rough-and-ready builder crew into line. The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer Kati Klee. But when she gets pregnant by married man Horrath, he is in danger of being expelled from the party, and Balla takes his side...
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Cast

Manfred Krug
Hannes Balla

Krystyna Stypułkowska
Kati Klee

Eberhard Esche
Werner Horrath

Johannes Wieke
Hermann Jansen

Walter Richter-Reinick
Richard Trautmann

Hans-Peter Minetti
Heinz Bleibtreu

Walter Jupé
Hesselbarth

Ingeborg Schuhmacher
Marianne Horrath

Gertrud Brendler
Frau Schickedanz

Helga Göring
Elli
Erich Mirek
Oswald Ziemer
Günter Meier
Bast
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