 When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria s love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg s secretary. His ambition leads him to charm Gerda, the Count s unique daughter. But when he discovers that Count s second wife Helga will soon inherit a field that only he knows his underground is full with petroleum, he changes his allegiance... Greed and death.