Martina and Jürgen are lovers in the GDR. She is studying economics in Leipzig, he is preparing for his master's examination as a violin maker in Altneukirchen in Vogtland. While Martina deals with problems of modern science and technology in her thesis, Jürgen is committed to the traditions of instrument making. This leads to friction and strains the relationship. And when Martina meets her former childhood friend Peter Struck in Altneukirchen, the center of musical instrument making in the GDR, who works here as a physicist at the research institute, jealousy also comes into play.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Ellen HellwigMartina Becker | Martina Becker |
| KKarl ThieleJürgen Mosler | Jürgen Mosler |
 Wolfgang GreeseKurt Mosler | Kurt Mosler |
 Ostara KörnerNot listed | Not listed |
| GGabriele HeinzNot listed | Not listed |
 Jürgen ZartmannNot listed | Not listed |
 Hellena BüttnerNot listed | Not listed |
 Christian SteyerNot listed | Not listed |
| HHenny MüllerNot listed | Not listed |
| RRudolf FrickauNot listed | Not listed |
 Uwe Detlef JessenNot listed | Not listed |
| HHans-Joachim EntrichNot listed | Not listed |
| EEberhard KirchbergNot listed | Not listed |
| PPeter ThomsenNot listed | Not listed |
 Siegfried SeibtNot listed | Not listed |
| BBert BrunnNot listed | Not listed |
 Ulrich AnschützNot listed | Not listed |
| PPeter FriedrichsonNot listed | Not listed |
 Wilfried PucherNot listed | Not listed |
| AAchim HübnerNot listed | Not listed |
| RRose BeckerNot listed | Not listed |
| DDorothea MommsenNot listed | Not listed |