On the Steep Hill

The following scenes are preserved fragments from the film: A Funeral – a woman sits by a window, her daughter comes to her, kneels down, they speak about something together, the daughter cries, a maid arrives, she brushes the lady's hair in front of the mirror, her daughter comes. The woman lies on the bed, raises her hand – a boy gets dressed by a river – a young man sits at a table in a garden, then dances – a man stands by a wheel of a wagon – a young man walks along a footpath, a girl arrives – the woman with the maid – a young man and a girl are wrapped in each other's arms in the woods, another girl comes, sees them and runs away – at home the young couple embrace – the man at the table on the terrace reads a newspaper, a young man arrives and probably asks for the hand of his dauther in marriage, the young man is sent away and becomes angry – a sad young man meets a young girl, they embrace, they discuss something together – an older man professes his love for the lady's maid and she becomes his wife – a woman stands in a field, another woman tries to comfort her – three women talk in an apartment, one of them leaves. (Synopsis of the surviving fragment)