Captain Harms still suffers from the bomb attack on his ship. He can not put up with sitting on land, but is afraid of take to the sea. Slowly he is becoming more and more frustrated and gradually falls into alcohol addiction.
Kapitän Harms
Lidden
Bauer Mewes
Kellner
Bäurin Mewes
Bürgermeister
Renate Harms, seine Frau
Peter Harms, deren Söhnchen
Petersen, Renates Vater
Hinnerk, früherer Schiffskoch
Onnen, früherer Bootsmann
Martha, dessen Frau