After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father's return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless.
Gustav Iller
Willi Schelp
Paul Iller
Grete Iller
Karl "Kalle" Roper
Herr Eckmann, artist
Birke
Frau Schelp
Kapitän
Waldemar Hunke
Frau Steidel
Steidel, the shell-shocked ex-soldier
