Am Strand von Husum wird eine weibliche Wasserleiche angespült. Der Toten wurden die Fingerkuppen entfernt, in ihrer Kehle findet sich ein Zettel mit der geheimen Handynummer des bekannten Politjournalisten Karl Kress.Ermittelnde Kommissarin ist Nora Jaspers. Um Kress zu vernehmen, fährt sie nach Berlin. Die zuständige Abteilung des LKA wird von Kriminaloberrat Storm geleitet, der darauf besteht, die Vernehmung selbst durchzuführen. Vor dem prominenten Politjournalisten Kress scheinen in Berlin alle gehörigen Respekt zu haben...

In this East German film, the third one in The Third is Margit's third lover. After her mother's death, Margit has two affairs which don't work out, and one lesbian friendship which she retains. She is looking for a husband, though, and thinks she has spotted a candidate in her fellow factory worker. As she contemplates marrying him, her story is told in a series of flashbacks.

During their holiday in Kraków, a young worker and a student are asked if their love, despite different views on life, will endure.

Based on the novel by Thomas Mann. Charlotte Kestner, the love of Goethe's youth, became famous because she was the real-life Lotte represented in his renowned The Sorrows of Young Werther. At forty-four years of age she travels to Weimar to see Goethe again. The posturing of high society and Goethe's personal history lead her to an unexpected conclusion. Dramaturge (later Studio Director) Walter Janka was befriended by the Thomas Mann family, making this adaptation possible.