After the death of his parents, Beat Matter grows up with the Escher family. Their son Dominik is his best friend. As a young man, Beat enlists for two years of service with the Papal Swiss Guard in Rome. Shortly before starting his service, he meets Dominik's fiancée Jacqueline at an Alpine festival. He falls in love, even though he knows that Jacqueline is already promised to someone else.
as Beat Matter
as Jacqueline Escher
as Dominik
as Posthalter
as Korporal Rémy
as Escher
as Federico
as Gardekommandant
as Gardekaplan
as Arzt
as Wirt
as Wirtin
