Set in 1938 Berlin, Louise Von Hollendorf is the wife of a young Nazi diplomat who meets and falls in love with a certain Mitsuko Matsugae, an artist and the daughter of the Japanese ambassador to Germany. Louise's husband Heinz soon finds out and tries to break up the union between his wife and Mitsuko only to eventually fall in love with Mitsuko also, while outside parties who include art professor Joseph Benno, Mitsuko's lover, and Heinz's cousin Wolf, a Gestapo officer, figure in which threatens to destroy the love triangle for good.
The Berlin Affair
The movie takes place in 1938 Berlin, where Louise Von Hollendorf, a young wife, falls in love with Mitsuko Matsugae, an artist and the daughter of the Japanese ambassador, while her husband Heinz is a Nazi diplomat.