Going from a dysfunctional family into a life of prostitution, Marina finally finds happiness and comfort with unsuccessful artist Alexander. However, a brain tumor threatens to make him blind and only an expensive operation can save him.

Life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Martha Krapp is amazed when her husband Josef suddenly appears at the door. He has rarely been seen in recent years, instead traveling the world and earning himself the nickname "Don Chaussee". In his absence, the bible-thumping Martha has been running the Sonnenhof children's home with loving severity.

In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.

Double murderer Dr. Crippen is using every means possible to search for a manuscript that he suspects is in the possession of the daughter of the man who was executed in his place.