Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, but his ship, the last of its kind, is going to be converted into a floating restaurant. Otto, whose his strong attachment to the ship has already cost him his relationship with his girlfriend Caramba (Renate Krößner),refuses to take another job and instead joins a railway construction brigade.

• DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
• Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''
• Manfred Krug
• Renate Krößner
• Bolesław Płotnicki
• Arnim Mühlstädt
• Jürgen Heinrich
• Thomas Neumann
• Fred Delmare
• Christoph Engel