Even the military academy can't stop kind-hearted officer Gottfried Engelhardt from seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. Everything in the young GDR is blooming: Engelhardt's career, the socialist state, the black market, and maybe even a chance at love.
Tom Pauls
Leutnant Gottfried Engelhardt
Annett Kruschke
Anita
Gert Gütschow
Uhrmacher
Joachim Nimtz
Oberleutnant Strohbach
Florian Martens
Unteroffizier
Wilfried Pucher
General
Jörg Hengstler
Kellner
Katrin Sass
Sängerin
Walter Plathe
Sänger
Michael Kind
2. Unteroffizer
Andrea-Kathrin Loewig
Tanzpartnerin von Harbolla
Waltraut Kramm
Zeitungsfrau