A Bolshevik agitator is enticing workers into a violent rebellion in post-WWI Berlin, in order to create anarchy. He charms the wife of a factory director into helping him, but the forces of law and order are fighting back.
Karenow, Anführer der Freiheitsbewegung
Michael Klarenbach, Chemiker
Winterstein, Karenows Mitarbeiter
Wirtin
Leutenholz, Redakteur der roten Fackel
Direktor Turenius
Franziskus Turenius, sein Sohn
Camilla, Wintersteins Geliebte
Fritz Breese