一个人生失败的古典文学老师哈里斯，在学期结束时被迫从一所私立男校提前退休。回顾自己二十年来的教学生涯，发现自己是一个与时代脱节无用的老人，学生不知感恩，美丽迷人的妻子又跟年轻的化学老师关系暧昧。就在他感到心灰意冷之际，一名学生送了一本拉丁文的希腊诗集给他，从而产发了他对人生的新希望。

一个人生失败的古典文学老师哈里斯，在学期结束时被迫从一所私立男校提前退休。回顾自己二十年来的教学生涯，发现自己是一个与时代脱节无用的老人，学生不知感恩，美丽迷人的妻子又跟年轻的化学老师关系暧昧。就在他感到心灰意冷之际，一名学生送了一本拉丁文的希腊诗集给他，从而产发了他对人生的新希望。

In a lonely outpost atop the treacherous Mont Blanc, an intrepid scientist lives with minimal connection to the world below. Through the telegraph, Hannes (Sepp Rist) communicates with a beautiful astronomer (Leni Riefenstahl), and is occasionally visited by an airplane pilot (Ernst Udet) upon whom he depends for supplies. In the midst of a ferocious snowstorm, Hannes loses his gloves and his weather station is battered by the elements. Suffering frostbite and unable to descend the mountain, he sends out a desperate S.O.S. in the hope that someone can brave the elements and rescue him from certain death.

In a lonely outpost atop the treacherous Mont Blanc, an intrepid scientist lives with minimal connection to the world below. Through the telegraph, Hannes (Sepp Rist) communicates with a beautiful astronomer (Leni Riefenstahl), and is occasionally visited by an airplane pilot (Ernst Udet) upon whom he depends for supplies. In the midst of a ferocious snowstorm, Hannes loses his gloves and his weather station is battered by the elements. Suffering frostbite and unable to descend the mountain, he sends out a desperate S.O.S. in the hope that someone can brave the elements and rescue him from certain death.