The impoverished and homeless orphan girl Anna Barbara sets out in search of the mysterious golden thaler. The rag collector Hans Geiz offers her the promise of it if she toils in his underground kingdom for three years.

• Fernsehen der DDR
• Reiner Heise
• Antje Straßburger
• Dirk Brennemann
• Doris Thalmer
• Gerd Ehlers
• Alfred Struwe
• Andreas Brückner
• Brigitte Krause