In "Menschen Untereinander" ("The Folk Upstairs"), director Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the social microcosm of an apartment building. The gossip-mad Frau Mierig (Lydia Potechina) from the rear building gives the newly-arrived Frau Kaminski (Käthe Haack), the janitor's wife, a lively initiation into the tenants and their peculiarities.
Mrs. Kaminski
Mrs. Mierig
Helmuth Köhler
Gertrud Köhler
Mr. Rudloff
Brigitte Rudloff
Mr. Ritter
Mrs. Ritter
Mrs. 'Bütti' Büttner
Ria Ricarda Roda
Helene Ipanova
Prison Chief
Alfons Mellentin
Mr. Wagner
Mr. Weißenborn
Fritz
The Lover
Man on Party