The Song of the Trumpeter

Fritz Weineck a workers son from Halle loves music and dreams to make a living out of it one day When his friend Alfons a World War I veteran gives him a trumpet as a gift Fritz seems to come closer to fulfil his dream But then Fritz realizes that after the end of the German empire workers still have to desperately fight for their rights and decides to use his instrument for political means At a meeting of militant workers he uses his trumpet as a signal horn But Fritz suffers a severe setback when a comrade dies in the fight for an arms depot because of his fault