A teenager is found murdered, and the examining doctor recognizes her son's knife. The film works its way back to reveal how this situation came about; a rare treatment of the taboo subject of youth criminality in Socialist society.
| Directing | Gunther Scholz | Director |
| Writing | Inge Meyer | Story |
| Writing | Gunther Scholz | Writer |
| Editing | Christine Schöne | Editor |
| Writing | Manfred Richter | Writer |
| Camera | Claus Neumann | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Friedbert Wissmann | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Harry Leupold | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elke Hersmann | Costume Design |
| Production | Fritz Frost | Production Manager |
| Directing | Mathias Schubert | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Konrad Walle | Sound |