Impatience of the Heart

Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner. The surroundings are glamorous, wine flows freely, and the exhilarated young Hofmiller asks his host's lovely daughter for a dance, only to discover that sickness has left her painfully crippled.

Hofmiller, un ofiter de cavalerie austro-ungar stationat la marginea imperiului, este invitat la o petrecere in casa unui bogat proprietar local. Imprejurimile sunt pline de farmec, vinul curge liber, iar tanarul insufletit Hofmiller ii cere un dans fiicei incantatoare a gazdei sale, doar pentru a descoperi ca boala a lasat-o schiloda dureros.