The planned construction of a railroad line to connect the small town of Dornstein with the wider world. But instead of the shortest and most practicable connection, the route runs through swampy terrain far away from Dornstein. So the mayor goes to Munich to make representations to the ministry. He achieved nothing, but his trip was soon stylized in Dornstein as a campaign against those up there. This leads the magistrate to break off his engagement to the mayor's daughter because of the latter's well-known hostility towards the government. And the people of Dornstein also start to get cold feet ...
Gustl Bayrhammer
Friedrich Rehbein
Maria Singer
Anna Rehbein
Ilona Grübel
Susanne Rehbein
Hans Baur
Karl Rehbein
Michl Lang
Josef Schweigl
Ulrich Beiger
Franz Stelzer
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
Matthias Kiermayer
Karl Tischlinger
Xaver Gruber
Max Grießer
Alois Gschwendtner
Margot Mahler
Dienstmädchen Marie
