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Early 20th century: The widow Vevi Hamberger, whose husband was once shot while poaching, runs a mountain farm near the Austrian border with her daughter Leni. People rarely stray here. From time to time, the two forest workers Hans and Quirin, or the herbalist Emmerenz, come by. When Thomas Brandner, the new border guard, is transferred to the area to put an end to the constant poaching in the region once and for all, things become more turbulent. He hopes to get valuable tips from the two women and, during his visits to the farm, finds himself more and more fond of his daughter Leni. But he is not the only one, because there is also the forest worker Quirin and a mysterious stranger. The border guard's excessive ambition to catch the poacher and his enormous jealousy almost lead to a catastrophe...