Anton, the son of a rich boyar family from the South of Romania, spends his last teenage summer holiday at his parents' manor. Here, in the village, he meets Katrina and he wants to have a summer fling with her but, instead, he falls madly in love.His parents, however, have other plans. They want to have him engage to a rich girl, from a well-known family from Bucharest. Thus, the engagement takes place at the manor, against his wish. Anton and Katrina's lives take an unexpected turn and they have to part with great sorrow in their hearts. He leaves for Vienna for a while, to continue his studies, and in the meantime Katrina marries a doctor from Bucharest. After two years of shattered hopes and wasted dreams, fate brings Anton and Katrina back together again, right on Christmas Eve...