81 minutos
The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a strong comradeship. Among the workers are, for instance, young Rolf, whom everybody just calls "Lachtaube" and who always comes through for his co-workers, or the likable Hubert, who works as a simple smelter again after being dismissed as the head of the steel mill. Then, there is also the stubborn Manfred, who should have become a brigadier long ago because of his experience and his competence, but this privilege is refused to him because Manfred is not a party member. Ironically, it is Manfred who hears by accident about the plans of the mill to close down the old Martin furnaces – and to lay off the smelters. When the other men learn about the plans they enter the barricades for their jobs and force the plant′s management to face the workers′ demands and criticism.
Uwe Kockisch
Rolf Ziener
Günter Naumann
Hubert Zementhin
Eberhard Mellies
Heinz Flatow
Günter Junghans
Dr. Ing. Dörster
Klaus Manchen
Enders
Dieter Bellmann
Jürgen Kluckert
Jörg Panknin
Georg Fletscher
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Berndt Stübner
Gertrud Adam
Frau Krampe
Kive Antonow
Musiker
Christian Balhaus
Programmierer
Dieter Montag
Hermann Becker
Robert Pfeiffer
Werner Horscht
Detlef Bierstedt
Hans-Gotthilf Brown
Angela Brunner
Karl-Heinz Danowski
Peter Dommisch
Eva-Sibylle Edel
Fred-Arthur Geppert
Werner Godemann
Herwart Grosse
Gert Gütschow
Monika Hildebrandt
Peter Kalisch
Victor Keune
Waltraut Kramm
Roland Kuchenbuch
Walter Lendrich
Hans-Joachim Leschnitz
Christa Löser
Willi Neuenhahn
Joachim Pape
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Christine Reinhardt
Joachim Tomaschewsky
Barbara Trommer
Ingeborg Westphal
Theresia Wider
