In wartime Berlin, a factory foreman, Otto Quangel and his wife, Anna learn that their only son, Paul, has been killed in action in France. In their grief, the couple decide to take action against the Nazi regime. They create their own form of resistance, writing postcards urging people to resist Hitler and the Nazis and quietly distributing the postcards around Berlin. Various people enter the picture, showing the fear and distrust of the times. People, such as the actor Harteisen, find the cards and race to turn them in, lest they be found with them and come under suspicion. The police and the Gestapo are baffled for over a year, but finally find the source of the cards. The Volksgerichtshof sentences the Quangels to death.
Directed by Falk Harnack
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Edith Schultze-Westrum
Anna Quangel
Anneli Granget
Trudel Baumann

Hartmut Reck
Karl Hergesell
Martin Hirthe
SS-Brigadeführer Prall

Werner Peters
Kriminalkommissar Escherich

Benno Hoffmann
Kriminalassistent Schröder

Harry Riebauer
Ministerialrat Dr. Sommer

Friedrich Schoenfelder
Staatsschauspieler Harteisen

Rudolf Fernau
Dr. Toll

Hilde Sessak
Frau Gesch
Klaus Miedel
Präsident Volksgerichtshof

Paul Albert Krumm
Fremder

Reinhard Kolldehoff
SA-Mann

Ethel Reschke
Lokalbesitzerin
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