In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scientist uncle, the student having never heard of her before their chance encounter and both unaware that she is the result of the scientist's illegal experiments with artificial insemination..

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Hildegard Knef

Erich von Stroheim

Karlheinz Böhm

Hans Cossy

Harry Meyen