When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees — or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans?
Jakob
Søren
Lis
Birk
Heinrich
Lauritz
Gisela
Kommandant Hertzog
Pastor Eriksen
Enkefru Andersen
Frau von Wenk
Johanne
Palle
Bjørn
Åge
Dr. Nielsen
Tysk officer
Erna Nielsen
Overlæge
Hr. Madsen
Mogens
Laura
Frida
Hermann
Poul
Magnus
Magnus' mor
Otto
Tysk soldat 1
Tysk soldat 2
Tysk soldat 3
Moderen
Kvinde 1
Kvinde 3
Sygeplejerske
Kvinde ved opgang
Ung modstandsmand
Karl
Dreng 1
Modstandsmand 1
Modstandsmand 2