The up-and-coming designer Marie Haller falls in love with Max, the noble heir to the well-known crystal cutting shop in Wartenborg - without knowing that he is her half-brother. When Marie learns the truth about her origins and shortly afterwards Max dies in a tragic accident, she turns away from the aristocratic family in dismay. Only in the course of a difficult approach to the von Wartenborgs does she realize that her talent will be needed to save the troubled family business.