Fontane's captivating crime story is back in the program. The orphan girl Hilde grows up with the widowed forester Baltzer Bocholt and his son Martin. Her dreamy nature and delicate appearance make her particularly mysterious and attractive. Both Martin and his father begin to take an interest in the young woman. Fontane's family drama is based on a true event. The conflict between good and evil, law and grace, the intertwining of the mythical and the psychological, as well as the theme of the guilty-innocent girl are timeless and compelling.