An alpine village shortly before the First World War. Widowed forester Rufman has little sympathy for his sons Friedel and Elias. Both find it difficult to cope with themselves. One day, a stranger appears whose curiosity confuses the suspicious villagers. Only Elias feels attracted to him. When a murder takes place in the village, suspicion soon falls on the forester's boys.

• MR Filmproduktion
• ZDF
• Franco Nero
• Georg Friedrich
• Thomas Sigwald
• William Berger
• Tilo Prückner
• Anja Jaenicke
• Gerhard Dorfer
• Mirjam Ploteny