Geld und Geist plot
Farmer Christen (Erwin Kohlund) lives with his wife Änneli (Margrit Winter) and their children in the Emmentaler Liebiwyl-Hof. In order to leave his descendants some more money, he is persuaded by a clerk to invest money. However, if he invests the money badly, Christen suddenly has an outstanding debt of 5000 francs. This leads to tough times for the whole family. Precisely then, his son Resli (Peter Arens) falls in love with the traveling Anne-Mareili (Elisabeth Berger), but she has already been promised to an old, rich man by her money-hungry father (Max Haufler).