Overview
Melodrama about a young mountain guide who, as an illegitimate child, becomes an outsider in his village and retreats bitterly into solitude. When he is unjustly blamed for the death of a climber, he sets out on a dangerous first ascent to win recognition and the hand of his beloved bride.
Cast
- Gustav Diessl as Jakob Burghardt
- Hertha Thiele as Monika Amatter
- Carl de Vogt as Bundesrichter Dr. Reymond
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Der Verteidiger
- Rolf Pinegger as Der Gemeindepräsident
- Helmuth Renar as Staatsanwalt
- Stephan Bloetzer as Stefan Thöni - Bergführer
- Werner Düby as Bauingenieur
- Beni Führer as Veit Amatter - Monikas Bruder
- Max Weydner as Vater Amatter