Marta (Margit Carstensen Margit Carstensen) lives a life of mutual dependence with her indifferent and violent father, who dies of a heart attack on their way to Rome. Marta didn't feel very sad. On the contrary, she felt what freedom was for the first time. Later, Marta meets an engineer named Helmuth (Carl Henzborn Karlheinz B ö hm), and the two fall in love. However, Helmuth's personality is the same as Marta's father, he continues to insult and abuse Marta, oddly enough, Marta seems to enjoy the abuse. Marta and Helmuth married hand in hand, and after marriage, Helmuth abused Marta even more than before. In the end, Marta decided to elope with her colleague, who knew that a car accident not only took the life of her lover, but also made Marta lose her legs.