After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues.
Freely adapted from Theodor Storm's novella of the same name.
The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914.
