Österricheische Wochenschau und Filmproduktion AG

In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it.

Franz Xaver Silvester Pomeisl travels thru the decades looking for the good old times.

Set against the backdrop of post-unification Germany, the film explores the breakdown of relations in a decaying social structure.