A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their comfortable and indolent life. Adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky.
| Directing | Peter Stein | Director |
| Writing | Peter Stein | Writer |
| Writing | Botho Strauß | Writer |
| Editing | Siegrun Jäger | Editor |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Production | Regina Ziegler | Producer |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Writer |
| Sound | Peter Fischer | Music |