Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a Siberian lead-mine. Karl manages to reach Germany before Richard, and is sheltered by Anna, wife of Richard. While Richard is still on his homeward trek, Karl and Anna fall in love. And then Richard comes home.
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.
