Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. She’s got just twelve weeks to find a rich husband and save her sisters - and she must use every ounce of ingenuity she possesses to climb London society if she is to succeed. The only person she can’t fool is Lord Radcliffe, who is determined to stop her at any cost. There is not a day to lose and no one - not even a lord - will stand in her way.
Wolfgang Staudtes letzter Film für die DEFA ist einer ihrer großen Klassiker, der es auch über die DDR hinaus zu Ruhm gebracht hat: Nervenzerreißendes Überlebensdrama in einem harten Winter auf einer kargen Atlantik-Insel.