Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but during a competition his horse dies and he decides to give up equitation and become an aviator.

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Austrian television version of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart from 1958.

Ship's doctor Dr. Schumacher dreams of a sanatorium where one can truly escape from all one's obligations.