The young Marie, daughter of a Thuringian glassblower, violates all traditions after the death of mother and father. To feed herself and her sisters, she became the first female glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and her artful glassy Christmas balls find themselves in America.

影片讲述了一名孤独的骑士来到了阿尔卑斯高处的一座小镇，这里没有人认识他，也没有人知道他来此地的目的。然而，小镇的所有人都希望这位陌生人赶紧离开。