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At the cusp of the Great War, the Steffensen family, Danish by blood but German by decree, grapples with the harsh realities of life on their Southern Jutland farm. This contested borderland, under German dominion for six decades, now buzzes with the faint, perilous hope of reunification as global conflict ignites. For the impoverished Steffensens, however, this distant geopolitical drama manifests as an immediate, existential threat: their ancestral farm faces compulsory sale. In a desperate bid to preserve their heritage and home, the youngest son embarks on a clandestine journey to Denmark, seeking to raise the necessary funds. The narrative then becomes a tense race against time, questioning whether his audacious venture can succeed before the family is irrevocably dispossessed, their fate hanging precariously between national identity and economic survival.