After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father's return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless.

• DEFA
• Charles Brauer
• Hans Trinkaus
• Harry Hindemith
• Hedda Sarnow
• Walter Bluhm
• Hans Leibelt
• Paul Bildt
• Magdalene von Nußbaum