A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.

Hannah Herzsprungas Caroline von Lengefeld
Florian Stetteras Friedrich Schiller
Henriette Confuriusas Charlotte von Lengefeld
Ronald Zehrfeldas Wolzogen
Claudia Messneras Madame Lengefeld
Maja Maranowas Mrs. von Stein
Michael Wittenbornas Knebel
Andreas Pietschmannas Friedrich von Beulwitz
Anne Schäferas Charlotte von Kalb
Peter Schneideras Christian Gottfried Körner