After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result. Impoverished and lonely, he struggles on alone until the market saleswoman Hanne offers him shelter, although she does not have much money either. They fall in love and Martin even finds work on the construction site for the subway through Tempelhofer Feld. One day, however, he collapses there, whereupon the pregnant Hanne tries to nurse him back to health.

Cast

Henny Porten

Hanne Lorek

Francis Lederer

Martin Falkhagen

Margarete Kupfer

Frau Schurich

Alice Hechy

Guste Schurich

Carl de Vogt

Kölling

Lotte Stein

Marie Jankowsky

Max Maximilian

Der alte Schurich

Mathilde Sussin

Frau Falkhagen

Helmuth Neumann

Fritz

Marion Mirimanian

Else

Rudolf Biebrach

Hausarzt