Docudrama telling the story of a building with a breath taking career that began in the empire, flourished in the Weimar Republic, perished in the Nazi dictatorship, and was rebuilt after its partial destruction.
Franziska Dreyer and Sebastian Pauli are a happy couple. When one day the police arrest her boyfriend on suspicion of murder, Franziska assumes it's a mistake. But in a trial marked by circumstantial evidence, Sebastian is tried, convicted and sentenced to life. Franziska believes he's innocent and fights to get him released. This puzzles her parents and friends who advise her to cut all ties to him. Her reaction is to marry Sebastian in prison. Then Franziska discovers completely unknown sides to her husband and now doesn't know who or what to believe any more.
En los Alpes austriacos han encontrado el cuerpo de un joven que murió en un accidente de esquí ocho años antes. El doctor Marc Pelletier decide volver al lugar de los hechos, pues se trata del hermano de su ex novia. Cuando llega a la estación de esquí, una espantosa avalancha sepulta todo el pueblo.
