Berlin, 1890: Werner Ludtke is only nine years old, but this son of a shoemaker is already in love with his playmate, Felicitas von Graefe. At first, her father just laughs about this infatuation; but as the children start to grow up, the class-conscious gentlemen doesn’t find this crush all too swell. Werner’s mother has a solution: her son must join the Army and go far away from Felicitas.
Viktor Tourjansky
Director, Writer
Gustav Kampendonk
Writer

Willy Fritsch
Werner Lüdtke

Hannelore Schroth
Felicitas / Beate Rechenmacher

Herta Mayen
Fritzi Färber

Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Fräulein Klehps

Paul Henckels
Leierkastenmann

Käthe Dyckhoff
Charlotte Schober

Erna Sellmer
Frau Lüdtke

Franz Schafheitlin
Herr Rechenmacher
Joachim Brennecke
Paul Lüdtke