Num reino longínquo, o rei Valemon se recusa a casar com uma bruxa perversa. Como vingança, ela o enfeitiça, transformando-o em um gigantesco urso polar. Ao fugir para o norte, em um reino gelado, Valemon se apaixona por uma princesa que consegue enxergar além da fera em que ele se transformou. Juntos, eles decidem lutar para recuperar o reino do rei Valemon e acabar com o terrível feitiço.
The film presents the political events surrounding the Anschluss in March of 1938 through the lives of Carola Hell, a popular young actress at the prestigious Theater in der Josefstadt, and Martin Hofmann, the Jewish journalist she plans to marry. When we encounter the couple in the lovely springtime weather their future is full of promise. They are determined to stay clear of politics. Yet in the climate of the time, nobody of her prominence or his religion can remain apolitical. Although Martin's journalist friend, Drechsler, calls to inform them that the Nazis plan to take over Austria soon, they concentrate on their work and their private happiness and dismiss the warnings.
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
