Theodor Fontane's novel about a young girl who as a teenager marries a stiff bureaucrat, has a love affair out of boredom and loneliness and has to suffer the consequences years later should be well known.
| Directing | Gustaf Gründgens | Director |
| Writing | Georg C. Klaren | Writer |
| Writing | Eckart von Naso | Writer |
| Writing | Theodor Fontane | Novel |
| Camera | Ewald Daub | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mark Lothar | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Johanna Schmidt | Editor |
| Production | Gustaf Gründgens | Executive Producer |
| Art | Franz Koehn | Production Design |
| Art | Traugott Müller | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Traugott Müller | Costume Design |
| Directing | Ulrich Erfurth | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rudolf Schaad | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Gustav Bellers | Sound |
| Production | Willi Herrmann | Production Manager |
| Production | Günter Regenberg | Production Manager |