An author, a businessman, a shipowner and a publisher form a business venture, which will supposedly exploit a huge find of lobsters on the island of Santa Cruz. After a report in the newspaper, the business' stocks do well. But the partners quarrel with one another and it doesn't help that there aren't any lobsters on Santa Cruz after all. Nevertheless, a team heads off to the island in a decrepit boat to open up a cannery in vain.
Kapitän Pieter Streuvels
Madeleine - seine Braut
William
Erik
Reeder Alexis Aika
Nadja Danouw
Alexander Ghazaroff
Jack
Cairos
Hein
Sklavenhalter Malherbes
Dunard