Following the Battle of Jena in 1806 as the French armies commanded by Napoleon overrun Prussia, a small detachment of Prussian troops take up position in a windmill and resolve fight to the last man to hold them off for as long as possible. Meanwhile, the windmill owner's daughter chooses to stay and fight alongside them.
Curtis Bernhardt
Joe May
Ludwig von Wohl
Heinz Goldberg
Henry Koster
Günther Krampf
Franz Grothe
Conrad Veidt
Hauptmann Burk
Karin Evans
Dore
Heinrich Gretler
Pelle
Paul Henckels
Pitsch
Erwin Kalser
Else Heller
Maria Pederson
UFA