A novelty in German post-war history: a young woman (Eva Rimski) becomes mayor in a village. She is efficient and enjoys respect, but soon enough two villagers disagree with her work. In her predecessor, a prominent farmer (Arno Paulsen), she has a bitter enemy. But even her boyhood friend (Reinhard Kolldehoff), who wants to marry her as he returns home from captivity, can not accept that his future wife holds such an office.
The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task, but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain—white porcelain, as the Chinese are said to possess. In 1709, he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," the first white porcelain made in Europe, he hopes for freedom.
During the global economic crisis, the mine pit "Morgenrot" is due to be closed due to unprofitable results. With the use of a machine forbidden for security reasons, the mates try to work more effectively and thus save their jobs. A serious accident happens.
Un famoso músico y director de orquesta adopta a un niño que había sido abandonado por sus padres en un orfelinato. Una mujer, que acaba de regresar de los Estados Unidos, solicita el puesto de institutriz en la casa. Esa mujer resulta ser la madre del niño.
Otto, Normans Diener
Zimmerkellner
La película se centra en una familia dividida por la política. Mientras que el hijo, un prusiano acérrimo, está horrorizado por el traicionero apoyo de su padre a los franceses, también condena el espíritu de venganza sin sentido de los patriotas locales.
