Overview
Erna, the daughter of a Hamburg coastal skipper, loses her fiancé to the sea. In her grief, she first flees to relatives, then takes her fate into her own hands and starts working for a shipowner in Blankenese. When she slowly begins to develop feelings for a man again, he turns out to be a marriage swindler. But again she does not give in to despair. In her conciliatory attitude to life, she is able to settle a marital dispute between the shipowner and his wife and finally finds her own happiness in love - through a former friend who is himself a widower. She starts a family with him and the children of his deceased wife.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 41 | June 29, 1984 (86) | |
 | 33 | October 26, 1977 (72) | |
 | 24 | June 15, 2010 (95) | |
 | 33 | March 1, 1975 (69) | |
 | 38 | March 25, 1970 (69) | |
 | 38 | February 13, 1985 (85) | |
 | 56 | February 14, 1961 (78) | |
 | 35 | August 17, 1990 (87) | |
| 39 | October 15, 1966 (67) | |
| 50 | June 1, 1957 (69) |