Wie einst im Mai

1838 Fritz Jüterbog and Ottilie von Henkeshofen love each other but the difference in status is too great for Ottilies parents to give their consent to a marriage And so Fritz sets off for America and returns from there 20 years later as a made man to ask for Ottilies hand in marriage again In the meantime however Ottilie believing that Fritz had long since forgotten her is married in a manner befitting her status but very unhappily Fritz who is highly successful as an entrepreneur is elevated to hereditary nobility because of his great services to the fatherland It is too late for a union with Ottilie but despite the years that pass the two cannot forget their love 75 years later Fritz and Ottilie have died in the meantime their grandchildren Fred and Tilla meet and fall in love