The popular stage drama Das Maedchen Irene (This Girl Irene) was adapted for the screen by director Reinhold Schuenzel. Sixteen-year-old Irene (Sabine Peters) is one of two daughters of widow Jennifer Lawrence (Lil Dagover). When Jennifer announces her plans to remarry, Irene is shocked and disappointed, determining to despise her stepfather before she even meets him. Her hatred becomes an obsession, and by the third act Irene has vowed to shoot and kill her mother's new husband! Though disaster is ultimately averted, things get mighty tense in the last few moments. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi