The unemployed machinist Alfred "Scheff" Schefczyk moves from Württemberg to West Berlin full of hope, where he finds a job as a transporter. There, however, he despairs at the seemingly insurmountable dependency structures and the lack of solidarity among his fellow sufferers. The rent in the workers' hostel is raised disproportionately, but nobody wants to mess things up with the landlord or janitor. At work, piecework hours are tightened, but nobody wants to go on strike, and when they do, they are quickly crushed by the management's tactics. When Scheff tries to mobilize against the dismissal of one of the delegates, he finds only one worker willing to sign. "Dear mother, I'm fine," he nevertheless writes on a postcard.
Cast
Claus Eberth
Alfred Schefczyk
Nikolaus Dutsch
Bruno Behringer
Ernest Lenart
Unknown
Horst Pinnow
Unknown
Christian Brückner
Rudi
Manfred Meurer
Bieler, Betriebsleiter
Klaus Sonnenschein
Walter
Heinz Hermann
Unknown
Kurt Michler
Unknown
Axel Böhmert
Unknown
Alexander Bzik
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Erhard Dhein
Unknown
Heinz Giese
Unknown
Henning Gissel
Unknown
Claus Jurichs
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Günther Kieslich
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Erik von Loewis
Unknown
Marianne Lüdcke
Unknown
Horst Tomayer
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