Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, but his ship, the last of its kind, is going to be converted into a floating restaurant. Otto, whose his strong attachment to the ship has already cost him his relationship with his girlfriend Caramba (Renate Krößner), refuses to take another job and instead joins a railway construction brigade.
Manfred Krug, Renate Krößner, Bolesław Płotnicki, Arnim Mühlstädt, Jürgen Heinrich, Thomas Neumann, Fred Delmare, Christoph Engel, Regine Heintze, Hilmar Baumann, Brigitte Beier, Bert Brunn