1916 god, Augsburg. Pervaya mirovaya voyna.
Stranu nakryla volna bed, gorya i nasiliya. Roskoshnyy osobnyak bogatyh promyshlennikov Meltserov prevraschaetsya v voennyy gospital, a docheri semeystva i sluzhanki vynuzhdeny stat sestrami miloserdiya i zabotitsya o ranennyh soldatah.
Zabota o pomeste i fabrike lozhitsya na hrupkie plechi Mari, kotoraya esche nedavno byla prostoy sluzhankoy v dome Melt...