Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the butcher after falling in love with a fop named Alfred who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love. For this error, she must pay bitterly.
| Production | Maximilian Schell | Producer |
| Production | Bernd Eichinger | Producer |
| Writing | Maximilian Schell | Writer |
| Directing | Maximilian Schell | Director |
| Writing | Christopher Hampton | Writer |
| Writing | Ödön von Horváth | Original Story |
| Sound | Peter Kellerhals | Sound |
| Art | Ernst Wurzer | Art Direction |
| Camera | Klaus König | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erika Thomasberger | Costume Design |
| Editing | Dagmar Hirtz | Editor |
| Sound | Toni Stricker | Music |
