Overview
Mathias, the evangelist, is in love with Martha. Johannes, Mathias brother tries to interfere. When Mathias and Martha are swearing fidelity, Johannes jealousy turns into blind hate and he sets the monastery on fire. But it is Mathias that is arrested for the crime.
Cast
- Paul Hartmann as Mathias, the Evangelist
- Hanni Weisse as Mother/Daughter Martha
- Jacob Feldhammer as Johannes
- Heinrich Peer as Friedrich Engel, Magistrate at the Monastery
- Elisabeth Bergner as Magdalena