Helene Willfuer is an ambitious student of medicine. She comes to the University of Berlin especially to write her doctoral thesis under Dr. Matthias. In his lab she meets young Dr. Rainer and falls in love with him. She doesn't know that he has an affair with Dr. Matthias' wife, who gave up her promising career as violinist for her husband and feels lonely now. Her jealousy is not to be underestimated.