Franz Winner, a sausage factory worker from the small German town of Kleinsburg, finds himself unemployed during the industrial crisis. While accidentally visiting a Social Democratic club, Winner injures a police officer in self-defense during a police raid. He is sentenced to ten years in prison. In prison, far from politics, Winner meets political prisoners and becomes a staunch revolutionary. German communists fight hard for Winner's release. His fellow prisoners go on hunger strike. Finally, Winner is granted amnesty. On the eve of his release, he dies from the effects of the torture he endured.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Maksim ShtraukhNot listed | Not listed |
 Sofiya MagarillNot listed | Not listed |
 Fyodor NikitinNot listed | Not listed |
 Semyon AntonovNot listed | Not listed |
| EE. VarlamovaNot listed | Not listed |
| DDmitriy ZaytsevNot listed | Not listed |
| AA. KozlovNot listed | Not listed |
| KKonstantin MikhaylovskiyNot listed | Not listed |
 Nikolai MichurinNot listed | Not listed |
| SS. NadezhdinNot listed | Not listed |
| FFerdinand NeybakherNot listed | Not listed |
| KKonstantin NazarenkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandr OrlovNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir RomashkovNot listed | Not listed |
| YYuriy OrlovNot listed | Not listed |
 Boris FeodosyevWorker | Worker |