Schleswig Holstein in the late 1920s. Helene is not as horse-mad as her sister Charlotte. She is happily married and now has two small daughters. But appearances can be deceptive, and soon she discovers that her husband has cheated on her. Inconsolable and deeply hurt, she seeks the safe warmth of her family at the stud farm that she previously couldn’t leave fast enough. On the very same day, her enraged husband arrives at the stud farm and demands that Helene immediately returns to Hamburg with him. What will people think if they find out that his wife has simply left him? Fritz gets angrier but Charlotte refuses to let him into the house and advises her sister to stay strong.
