First riding attempts at the beach, lessons with Paul Stecken and Egon von Neindorff, students like Paralympic rider Bettina Eistel, and the realization: "I benefited the most from the horses that drove me to the brink of madness." Decades before the world spoke of horse whisperers, Wolfgang Marlie set out to find new ideas for working with horses. Journalist Ulrike Bergmann accompanied his work for four years. Together, they trace his journey from an ambitious rider to a relaxed horseman and describe the insights he gained into the souls of horses and their humans along the way.