Walter Gruber once belonged to a group of unscrupulous, money-grubbing poachers. Now released from prison, he is determined never to touch a gun again. He was imprisoned for poaching, but they couldn't prove he fired the shot that wounded forester Kuhnert. Upon his return home, Walter is horrified to discover that his former lover, Kuhnert's daughter Grete, has since married someone else. Grete still loves Walter, with whom she was pregnant. But her father would have made life a living hell for her and the child had she not married another man. This man, Robert Thiele, is still poaching and is extremely ruthless in his methods. Robert eventually blackmails Walter into rejoining the poachers. When the gang shoots the old forester Kuhnert, Robert shifts suspicion onto Walter.
Walter Gruber
Grete Kuhnert
Robert Thiele
Renate Gutzeit
Förster Kuhnert
Kriminalassistent Sievers
Emilie
Forstmeister Jürgens
Schankwirt Gutzeit
Alfred Gruber
Kriminalrat Malzahn
Dornkaat
Gendarmeriewachtmeister Weber
Schulze
Kriminalkommissar Hagenbach
Amanda
Zirkusdirektor Mansfeld
Köppke
Paul Borchert