
11/09/1958
Bornholm island in 1880, where quarry worker Johan Jönsson lives a miserable life with his wife and children. He hopes to escape his poverty by winning a lottery ticket. But it doesn't bring him any luck. Instead of spending his little money on a doctor to have his sick child treated, he extends the lottery ticket. The child dies and Johan, plagued by remorse, turns to alcohol. After he has gambled away everything, the lottery ticket brings someone else the main prize. Johan commits suicide, but his son Per has realized that gambling is not the way to change the miserable existence of the workers.

Erwin Geschonneck
as Johan Jönsson

Sonja Sutter
as Frau Jönsson

Lore Frisch
as Wirtsfrau Julie

Harry Hindemith
as

Jochen Thomas
as

Hans Emons
as

Gerhard Lau
as

Gustav Püttjer
as

Albert Garbe
as

Marga Legal
as

Horst Kube
as

Günther Simon
as

Hans Klering
as
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