1919. Released from the teacher training college, Joachim Hofer takes up his first job as an assistant teacher in an Alsatian village. But only a few students come to class in the pigsty converted to school.
Peter LilienthalDirector
Joachim Hofer
Manager
Factory Owner Hubert
Ludwig
Signalman's Wife
Grandfather
Commissioner
Stable Boy
Farmer Patzke
Priest
Jakob
Karol
Bruno
Johann
Beatrice