Old Homeland East Prussia 1920: Frederike spends a happy and carefree childhood on her stepfather's estate near Graudenz. Until one day she learns that her future is more than uncertain: her inheritance has been lost after the Great War, and she has neither means of support nor dowry. While her friends are enjoying themselves in Berlin and relishing their youth, Frederike feels excluded. She is all the more pleased by the attention of the estate owner, Ax von Stieglitz. If only it weren't for the unsettling feeling that the much older man is hiding a dark secret. A touching family saga based on true events.