This story takes place in the beginning of the 1950s in a small village in the Bavarian Alps known as Oberschonau. The village teacher's daughter Maria and young farmer Mathias want to marry soon. But fate has something else in store for the couple: forest ranger assistant Franz is stabbed to death by a poacher and his dog shot. At the site of the murder, however, it is Mathias' knife which is found. To avoid being arrested, the young man flees abroad. And so, most of the villagers believe that he is, indeed, the murderer. On the other hand, Maria is absolutely convinced of his innocence. Mathias is able to find shelter just across the border with the mother of a deceased friend (no, he didn't murder him, either). He's pretty sure he knows who murdered the forester: Leo Stanzer, a lumberman in the local sawmill. Unfortunately, he can't prove it. One day, Maria looks for her fiancee in his hideout and begs him to come home to be at the side of his deathly ill mother. Mathias barely hesitates a second and hurries home. He makes it in time to see his mother still living, but is arrested at her bedside. Now his resolute fiancee takes matters into her own hands. Risking her life, she finds a way to bring the real villain to justice. Now, nothing stands in the way of her marriage to Matthias. 

DVD-R is in German with no subtitles. Approx. 95 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!