Epilogue

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".

• Helmut KäutnerDirector
• Helmut KäutnerScreenplay
• Fritz BöttgerWriter
• Artur BraunerWriter
• Robert A. StemmleScreenplay

• Horst CasparReporter Peter Zabel
• Bettina MoissiLeata
• O.E. HasseChefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
• Hans LeibeltCheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
• Irene von MeyendorffConchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
• Fritz KortnerMr. P. L. Hoopman
• Hilde HildebrandMrs. Eleanor Hoopman
• Peter van EyckFBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
• Hans Christian BlechBräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
• Carl RaddatzPianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
• Arno AssmannErmano, Partner von Conchita
• Paul HörbigerMusikclown „The Great Teatch“