Teacher Ellen is fed up with her lame partner and colleague Horst. He teaches with such complacency! Ellen is different, she wants to inspire her pupils. No wonder the emancipated young woman turns down Horst's marriage proposal. She has also met someone new: the charming Brigadier Frank, finally a man who doesn't just talk the talk but walks the walk...

As American settlers encroach on the lands of the Lakota people, Tokei-ihto witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of Red Fox, who wanted information on where the tribe finds its gold. Two years later, at the height of the Great Sioux War, Tokei-ihto and Red Fox meet again.

Chingachgook, a Mohawk-born Delaware warrior, strives to rescue his wife Wahtawah from the clutches of an enemy camp of Huron. Joined by his trusted huntsman Deerslayer, the two confront racist pioneers and brutal British soldiers in their quest. Deerslayer catches the desire of Judith and thus the jealousy of her suitor, Harry. The action of the story functions like a seesaw, characters continuously traveling back and forth between a house on the lake and the Huron camp until the violent climax.

画家及记录片导演Jürgen Böttcher的唯一一部剧情影片，讲述一对新婚夫妇在他们的小公寓里享受疯狂的喜悦。影片一上映便在东德遭禁，直到1990年东西德统一才得以重见天日。
第40届柏林国际电影节(1990)　 费比西奖-光荣提及-新电影论坛　 Jürgen Böttcher
第40届柏林国际电影节(1990)　 Interfilm奖-荣誉提及-新电影论坛　 Jürgen Böttcher