Two travelling actors break from their troupe and with help of friends and family start their own act, experiencing serious success.
The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.
A helpline dispatched saves a young woman from commiting suicide and tries to find the reason for her decision.