Hans Albers, Ilse Werner, Hans Söhnker, Hilde Hildebrand, Gustav Knuth, Günther Lüders, Ilse Fürstenberg, Helmut Käutner, Ethel Reschke, Maria Besendahl, Rudolf Koch-Riehl, Erna Sellmer
Singing sailor Hannes, who now entertains the crowd at St. Pauli's Hippodrome after years at sea, promises his dying brother that he will take care of his ex-girlfriend Gisa. Taking Gisa to Hamburg to live with him, Hannes quickly falls in love with her, but soon has to face Gisa's affection for another man, Willem.