Young Elisabeth goes on a country trip with her mother, her friends Reinhard and Erich, their parents and the pastor. While the adults prepare a picnic lunch, the three youngest members of the group are asked to look for berries for dessert. The dutiful Erich eagerly collects them, while Elisabeth and Reinhard set off together in search of fruit. They find a hiding place they had built years ago. Although they still love each other, Elisabeth is sad. Reinhard will leave the next day to study in another city and will only visit her rarely. She doesn't know how she will go on living without him. She picks him a water lily as a memento and he gives her a goldfinch in a cage.
as Elisabeth
as Reinhard
as Erich
as Zigeunerin
as Elisabeths Mutter
as Reinhards Mutter
as korpulenter Mann
as Erichs Vater
as Knecht
as Professor Masdörfer
as Student
as Bärtiger
as Arzt
as Professor
as Magd
as Gräflein
as Pastor
as Arbeiter
