Zwei Menschen

An actor and his wife have a tumultuous relationship. It ends in separation and a child custody battle.

Eine Motte flog zum Licht

A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded.

Gesprengte Ketten

A young woman's life has very little going for her, her mother having died and her alcoholic father having abandoned her. Nevertheless, she climbs her way out of the underclass, going from prostitute to wife of a count.

Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens

After the death of her father, the young Comtesse von Hagen is taken in by her father's friend, who lives with his cousin and her son. The cousin is unhappy at this arrangement, and accuses the Comtesse of theft.

Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden

A young woman becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her lover, just as her mother had been.