
In a hospital, the Protestant pastor Heger and the Catholic chaplain von Imhoff are responsible for pastoral care. Cornelie, a senior doctor, has lost her faith in God after the death of her daughter in the war. One day, Cornelie's former lover and father of her deceased daughter, the actor Gorgas, turns up to visit his friend von Imhoff. During these days, Gorgas invites Heger's ten-year-old daughter to visit him at the fairground, where she has a fatal accident on the swing boat. Hegers seems to be broken by this stroke of fate, but finds support in von Imhoff, who even gives him the strength to stop Gorgas from committing suicide. Cornelie regains her faith and stays with Heger.
Cast

Luise Ullrich
Cornelie Badenhausen

Hans Nielsen
Pfarrer Johannes Heger

René Deltgen
Stefan Gorgas

Dieter Borsche
Kaplan von Imhoff

Käthe Haack
die Oberin von Heiliggeist

Angelika Meissner
Lotte Hege
Gertrud Eysoldt
Schwester Jakobe
Annette Schleiermacher
Helferin

Nicolas Koline
Karnickelmann
Herbert Kroll
Bürgermeister
Crew
Harald Braun
Director, Writer, Producer
Paul Alverdes
Writer
Fritz Stapenhorst
Editor, Assistant Director
Franz Koch
Director of Photography
Josef Illig
Director of Photography
Rainer Geis
Assistant Director
Jacob Geis
Executive Producer
Rolf Thiele
Producer
Hans Abich
Producer
Lilo Bodamer
Costume Design
Erich Leistner
Sound
Mark Lothar
Original Music Composer
Walter Haag
Art Direction