The deceased owner of a medieval castle stipulated the following in his will: The heir to his mighty estate would be the elder of the two stepsisters, Katharina and Margrit von Kronberg, namely Margrit, if she married Heinz Wagner, a cousin who had just returned from captivity. When Margrit observed Katharina and Heinz rendezvousing at a nearby lake, Margrit demanded that her husband leave the castle immediately, before she, the elder sister, and Heinz were married. Furious, Katharina then plotted to poison Margrit. Only when Katharina dreamed that the village youth would avenge Margrit's violent death according to ancient tradition and that she, Katharina, would be burned on a pyre like witches in the Middle Ages, did she, after awakening from this nightmare, abandon her bloody plan. Her change of will is rewarded: Heinz has decided to marry Katharina and not Margrit.
Directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger
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Cast
Edith Mill
Katharina
Margrit Aust
Margrit von Kronberg
Curd Jürgens
Heinz Wagner
Willy Danek
Felix von Kronberg
Helmut Ebbs
Konrad von Kronberg
Hans Graff
Franz
Erich Schachinger
Peter
Hansjörg Adolfi
Priest
Hans Mraschner
Dr. Leistenberg
Otto Lange
Notary
Curt Georg Köhler
Judge
Beppo Seidler
Organist
Helmuth Knaur
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Rudolf Lenz
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