A Saxon village in 1792: While the Prussians go against France, the haymaking takes place in the village and the resolute Marthe catches her daughter Ev with the village blacksmith Ruprecht in the hay.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Wolfgang KielingAdam | Adam |
| MMonika GabrielEv | Ev |
 Jan SpitzerRuprecht | Ruprecht |
 Rolf LudwigSchreiber Licht | Schreiber Licht |
 Marianne WünscherMarthe | Marthe |
 Herbert KöferHauptmann | Hauptmann |
 Horst SchulzeJustizrat Walter | Justizrat Walter |
 Ingeborg NaßNot listed | Not listed |
 Joachim ZschockeNot listed | Not listed |
 Nico TuroffBüttel | Büttel |
| EElsa Grube-DeisterNot listed | Not listed |
| AAgnes KrausNot listed | Not listed |
 Rolf HoppeReitender Bote | Reitender Bote |
| OOtto-Erich EdenharterWirt | Wirt |
 Albert GarbeNot listed | Not listed |
 Wilhelm BurmeierNot listed | Not listed |
 Hans LuckeNot listed | Not listed |
| GGeorgi KissimovNot listed | Not listed |
 Winfried GlatzederBauer | Bauer |
 Michael GwisdekSoldat | Soldat |
| WWolfgang PampelBauer | Bauer |
| FFredy BartenPastor | Pastor |
 Paul BerndtNot listed | Not listed |
| UUrsula BraunNot listed | Not listed |
 Gertrud BrendlerNot listed | Not listed |
| KKlaus EbelingNot listed | Not listed |
 Horst KubeNot listed | Not listed |
 Dieter MontagNot listed | Not listed |
| HHorst PapkeNot listed | Not listed |
| WWerner PfeiferNot listed | Not listed |