The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Horst Caspar
Reporter Peter Zabel
Bettina Moissi
Leata
O.E. Hasse
Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
Hans Leibelt
Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
Irene von Meyendorff
Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
Fritz Kortner
Mr. P. L. Hoopman
Hilde Hildebrand
Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
Peter van Eyck
FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
Hans Christian Blech
Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
Carl Raddatz
Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
Arno Assmann
Ermano, Partner von Conchita
Paul Hörbiger
Musikclown „The Great Teatch“
