Cast
Vadim Glowna (Robert Labitzke)Erich Renzow (Oberregierungsrat Knott)Gustav Burmester (Regierungsdirektor Gültig)Heinz Theo Branding (Obermedizinalrat Groth)Peter Lehmbrock (Oberverwalter Knäse)Kurt Conradi (Werkmeister Schwab)Walter Buschhoff (Hauptwachtmeister Fröhlich)Robert Lossen (Wachtmeister Rübsam)Joachim Böse (Pfarrer Dr. Kuhle)Wolfgang Schwalm (Fürst)Eberhard Fechner (Bleich)Hans Helmut Dickow (Föhr)Gottfried Kramer (Henkel)Henning Schlüter (Schenk)Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum (Stockwerkswachtmeister)Conny Palme (Kleiderkammerwachtmeister)Max Strassberg (Sanitätswachtmeister)
Director
Rolf Hädrich
Synopsis
Robert Labitzke, 29, is sentenced to 12 years in prison for various offenses with which he 'wanted to fight injustice'. His rebelliousness in the Saalbruch prison, where he feels like a rebel and hero and threatens suicide and an escape, is severely punished: arrest cells, solitary confinement and the infamous Schweigehof. Labitzke breaks off a hunger strike and is then employed in the tailor's workshop. There he procures civilian clothing and manages to escape together with cellmates. But freedom only lasts a few hours.
