剧情简介
Adaptation of Jeremias Gotthelf's world-famous novella with Lilith Stangenberg, Nurit Hirschfeld, Anatole Taubman and Marcus Signer. Sumiswald in the Emmental in the 13th century. The courageous, young midwife Christine makes a pact with the devil in order to free her village from the brutal terror of the Teutonic Knights. When Satan demands his agreed wage and doesn't get it, ...。本片主角是一个老实的银行职员，同妻子的感情不融洽，他还是一个业余画家。后来偶然结识了一个名妓女，受到她的勾引。为了满足她的要求，甚至撬了老板的保险柜。在一次争执中职员失手杀了盘剥他的妓女并只身流浪街头。尽管如此，他还是尽力帮助一个贫困的少女，直到他本人被捕判刑。。
