Shortly before her wedding with the smart businessman Paul, the Munich veterinarian Nina learns that her beloved Aunt Charlotte is hospitalized with a heart attack. Nina immediately travels to Lake Chiemsee to visit Charlotte. Once there, her aunt asks her not to marry Paul - he is the wrong man for Nina. An alternative candidate has the older lady already ready: the sympathetic artist Daniel, who is about to move in with his little son at Charlotte.
At the behest of his father, the young Karl Valentin is to complete a carpentry apprenticeship. When the father gets into a financial mess by a strict creditor, the boy works with growing success as a comedian to support his parents financiall
1920년의 바이에른 주의 소도시. 소도시의 역장인 크사비 볼비저는 맥주 공장집의 딸 하니와 결혼하여 행복과 존경을 얻었다고 생각하며 만족스런 나날을 보낸다. 어느날 하니는 우연히 프란츠 메르클과 불륜의 관계를 맺게 되고 소문이 퍼지지만 볼비저는 이를 확인하려 하지 않는다. 한 명예훼손 소송에서 볼비저는 아내를 위해 위증을 한다.그러나 볼비저와 하니의 관계는 점점 멀어져가고 볼비저는 폭음을 하기 시작한다. 볼비저는 하니에게 개처럼 달라붙고 하니는 남편을 점점 무시하며 그러는 사이 하니에게는 이발사 애인이 생긴다. 결국 볼비저의 위증이 드러나게 되고 그는 직장과 아내를 잃고 감옥에 들어간다.
The young Count Ettingen leads a dissolute life in Munich with the demanding Baroness Prankha at his side. To finance his life, he has his uncle cut down the forests in his estate without caring about the consequences. When he catches his girlfriend having an affair, however, he retreats to the mountains. From the young alpine dairymaid Lore he learns about another side of life and wants to stop the overexploitation of the forest. But the baroness still wants his money.
