Old man Steyer (Carl Goetz) lives on a mountainside farm with his wife (Ilka Grüning), widowed son (Eugen Klöpfer), and granddaughter, Aenne (Lucie Mannheim).

Ludmilla asks her new husband to sell the farm and move to the village, as she cannot stand being isolated in the mountains.

The son drinks heavily, decides to marry Aenne to Lauer, and then has second thoughts about selling the farm.

Unable to find her husband, who has gone to the notary to cancel the sale, Ludmilla asks Lauer to take her home.

They discover that the mother and father have decided to leave their beloved home, now that it has been sold, and have already packed all their things.