The Great Love

Ten years after the end of World War I Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village where he is reunited with Frieda a woman who believes he is her longlost son She seeks him out and greets him with such loving joy that Franz doesnt have the heart to tell her the truth He stays with her and when he gets to know his new girlfriend Annie he begs her to hide his true identity from Annie Annie for her part has seen through this charade already but chooses to say nothing and to continue to care for Franz