Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the social microcosm of an apartment building. The gossip-mad Frau Mierig from the rear building gives the newly-arrived Frau Kaminski, the janitor's wife, a lively initiation into the tenants and their peculiarities.

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Cast

Käthe Haack

Mrs. Kaminski

Lydia Potechina

Mrs. Mierig

Alfred Abel

Helmuth Köhler

Aud Egede-Nissen

Gertrud Köhler

Renate Brausewetter

Brigitte Rudloff

Paul Bildt

Mr. Ritter

Elsa Wagner

Mrs. Ritter

Erika Glässner

Mrs. 'Bütti' Büttner

Margarete Kupfer

Ria Ricarda Roda

Olga Limburg

Helene Ipanova

Hermine Sterler

Prison Chief

Aribert Wäscher

Alfons Mellentin