First riding attempts on the beach, lessons with Paul Stecken and Egon von Neindorff, students like Paralympic rider Bettina Eistel and the realization: "I have profited the most from the horses that brought me to the edge of madness". Decades before the whole world was talking about horse whisperers, Wolfgang Marlie set out to find new ideas for dealing with horses. The journalist Ulrike Bergmann accompanied his work for four years. Together they trace his path from ambitious rider to relaxed horseman and describe the insights he gained into the souls of horses and their people.