Aftermath

The immediate aftermath of the Great War sees German territories along the newly delineated Polish border thrust into a volatile state of flux. On a sprawling, ancestral estate, the steadfast matriarch, Luise, finds her property and its loyal inhabitants increasingly imperiled by the encroaching, often brutal, presence of Polish irregular troops. As the tension escalates, her son, Heino, returns home, choosing to conceal his identity by posing as a humble servant. His desperate gambit is to protect his family and their land from within, navigating the treacherous political currents. Their struggle for preservation against overwhelming odds surprisingly garners the support of a Polish commissioner, whose intervention provides a fragile, yet crucial, bulwark against the tide of nationalistic fervor and territorial dispute.