During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.

• Ealing Studios
• Cornell Borchers
• Yvonne Mitchell
• Armin Dahlen
• Alexander Knox
• Geoffrey Keen
• Liam Redmond
• Eddie Byrne
• Theodore Bikel