[1] It is a heimatfilm with Nazi propaganda overtones, set in the Tyrol region of Austria in the year of the Anschluss.

[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.

In 1938, underground members of the Nazi movement in the Tyrol region face suppression from the Austrian Heimwehr.

In his absence his wife is forced to accuse him of murder in order to save her friend in a court trial.

Her dilemma is resolved when her husband returns as part of the invading Germany forces.