The time is the French Revolution; the place is the village of Travers, ensconsed in neutral Switzerland. Prussian aesthete Herman Beyer is on the verge of divorcing wife Corinna Harfouch. Radical writer Uwe Kokisch, Corinna's lover, hopes to find a way of smoothing out animosities. What follows, however, is a nonstop drinking binge. The film subliminally addresses the then-prevalent issue of a divided Germany. Whether or not it succeeds is unimportant; Treffen in Travers (Reunion in Travers) has proven to be a crowd pleaser wherever it has been shown.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Hermann BeyerGeorg Forster | Georg Forster |
 Corinna HarfouchTherese Forster | Therese Forster |
 Uwe KockischFerdinand Huber | Ferdinand Huber |
 Peter DommischNot listed | Not listed |
 Heide KippMarthe | Marthe |
 Hark BohmBürgermeister | Bürgermeister |
 Michael KindNot listed | Not listed |
| JJohannes GwisdekNot listed | Not listed |
 Robert GwisdekNot listed | Not listed |
| AAstrid KrenzNot listed | Not listed |
| WWolf-Dietrich KöllnerNot listed | Not listed |
 Herbert OlschokNot listed | Not listed |
 Susanne BormannNot listed | Not listed |