During the Third Reich, Macke played the drums for the Hitler Youth, but also had a "dangerous" penchant for jazz. After the war, he came under ideological fire in the Soviet zone. Finally in West Germany, he ends up in an institution.
Cast
Wolfgang Neuss
Macke Prinz
Karin Baal
Nenne Briehl
Ingrid van Bergen
Almuth Prinz
Jo Herbst
Adalbert
Wolfgang Gruner
Arthur
Achim Strietzel
Knösel
Ralf Wolter
Keschke
Willi Rose
Macke's Father
Inge Egger
Mrs. Briehl
Eckart Dux
Kemskorn
Hilde Sessak
Macke's Mother
Bruno W. Pantel
Mr. Niel
Ethel Reschke
Unknown
Herbert Weißbach
Bleiber
Paul Westermeier
Porter
Helmut Käutner
Chauffeur
Erik Ode
Unknown
Erik Schumann
Unknown
Crew
Wolfgang Bellenbaum
Director
Wolfgang Neuss
Screenplay
Walter von Bonhorst
Editor
Werner M. Lenz
Director of Photography
Ruth Sanden
Assistant Director
Hans Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
Peter Sandloff
Original Music Composer
Friedrich Wilhelm Gaik
Production Manager
Ernst H. Albrecht
Art Direction
Hans Auffenberg
Art Direction
