In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.
| Directing | Horst Seemann | Director |
| Sound | Horst Seemann | Music |
| Editing | Bärbel Bauersfeld | Editor |
| Writing | Johannes Bobrowski | Novel |
| Writing | Horst Seemann | Writer |
| Camera | Hans-Jürgen Kruse | Director of Photography |