The manufacturer Xaver Frey is forced into bankruptcy by his bank and decides to commit suicide in a sleeping car from Vienna to Venice. There he encounters the sleeping car attendant Horak, who is about to retire and who uses every legal and illegal means to prevent his suicide.
Otto Schenk
Karl Horak
Peter Weck
Xaver Frey
Fritz Muliar
Heinrich Bauer
Christiane Hörbiger
Sonja Schretter
Gerd Baltus
Jonathan Schretter
Ivan Desny
Direktor Schretter
Olivia Pascal
Sissi Frey
Ulrich Reinthaller
Heinz Kratochwill
Axel Pape
Kommissar Binder
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