The daughter of an upper-class Berlin family, Ariana witnesses her loved ones and her country torn apart at the hands of the impending war. Her father, aware of the dangerous political climate, helps Ariana's brother excape to Switzerland, but when he returns for Ariana, he is killed as a traitor. Alone and unsure of her Father's and brother's fate, Ariana marries a German soldier, only to lose him to the war as well.