This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and his accomplices, the castle steward and the mayor, set fire to a forest mill that the farmers used for processing their grain. Without their mill, the farmers must now rely on the millman's services. When the farmhand Anna uncovers the millman’s crimes, he swiftly detains her and a young miller, Jörg. The forest spirits have a different plan, however, and they free the young couple with the charge to rebuild the ruined forest mill and turn things around for the villagers.
Cast
Eva Kotthaus
Anne
Hans-Peter Minetti
Jörg
Willy A. Kleinau
Mühlmann
Werner Peters
Schulze Bangebös
Gerhard Frei
Burgvogt Raufer
Heinz Kammer
Ratte, der Kriegsknecht
Johannes Arpe
Schmied Anselm
Marianne Rudolph
Marthe, seine Frau
Jupp Stauder
Knecht Konrad
Gertrud Paulun
Magd Marie
Hans Klering
Waldmüller
Lotte Loebinger
Waldmüllerin
Werner Tronjeck
Bauer Melchior
Kurt Ulrich
Bauer Martin
Georg Niemann
Bauer Thomas
Trude Brentina
Else
Brigitte Lindenberg
Margrit
Alfred Maack
der Graue Köhler
Aribert Grimmer
der Schwarze Köhler
Willy Semmelrogge
der Rote Köhler
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Ausrufer
Johannes Maus
Bauer Schütt
Kurt Sperling
Bauer Großkopf
Günther Rettschlag
Peter, Sohn des Schmieds
Helmuth Fiedler
hagerer Reisiger
Renate Schwetasch
Kathrin
Hedwig Appel
Großmutter
Willi Endresser
Reisiger Kuno
Uwe Müller
Georg
