In a small German village in the middle of large moors, there is an old legend of a young woman having sunk in the wetland after being raped by a Swedish intruder of the Thirty Years' war. Now young Dorothee, falling in love with the architect Ludwig, is harassed by an obnoxious, rich farmer Eschmann. The brutal man is ready to do anything to get the maiden. The history is repeating itself, as Eschmann follows Dorothee to the moors after his crime.
Ruth Niehaus
as Dorothee Aden
Hermann Schomberg
as Dietrich Eschmann
Gisela von Collande
as Fiete, Eschmanns Magd
Lotte Brackebusch
as Sophie Amelung
Hilde Körber
as Friederike Aden
Ernst Waldow
as Albert Berndsen, Handelsvertreter
Armin Dahlen
as Ludwig Amelung
Konrad Mayerhoff
as Wilhelm Aden
