Richard Hellwerth
Lissy Eickhoff
Dr. Heinrich Breuer
Theodor Kalbach
Von Tettenboom
Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Arbeiter bei Hellwerth
Fabrikant
Polizist
Büring
Dr. Klipper
A WWI veteran comes home and with a scientist's help opens an artificial silk factory later used for clothing. Crooked international profiteers ,a lawyer and a banker, threaten the profitability of the concern and the workers' jobs.