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The Purzbichler farmer lives alone with his servants on his stately property. The young, pretty housemaid Cilli awakens true spring fever in the 60-year-old. Supported by the speeches of the midwife Müssiggang and spurred on by the fact that his neighbor of the same age has just become a father, also with the support of Müssiggang, he decides to become a father in his old age. He even announces the wedding date in the inn without Cilli's knowledge. Peter, the farmer's servant and nephew, fears that his lover might give in to the rich farmer's advances. An old custom, which states that the bride can allow the groom a "trial night" before the wedding, seems to provide the solution....