

Going from a dysfunctional family into a life of prostitution, Marina finally finds happiness and comfort with unsuccessful artist Alexander. However, a brain tumor threatens to make him blind and only an expensive operation can save him.

Hildegard Knef
Marina

Gustav Fröhlich
Alexander
Änne Bruck
Buba (Marina's Mother)

Robert Meyn
von Hernsdorf

Jochen Meyn
Eduard von Hernsdorf (as J. Wolfgang Meyn)
Irene Mirbach
Benno Gellenbeck
The Art Dealer
Theo Tecklenburg
Karl Kramer
Horst von Otto
Carl Voscherau

Wera Frydtberg
Irmgard
Andreas Wolf
The Doctor
Willi Forst
Gerhard Menzel, Georg Marischka, Willi Forst
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