Medardus Film

On the basis of the hardy perennial "boss-assistant" relation, "The Mortal Fortune" depicts the passion of worldly existence. The anonymous hero of the story, to which the spectator is introduced, attempts at freeing himself from his enslaved life. He finally has to realize the transience of the creature man and whithdraws from the constraints of worldly existence.

The pathological-chemical department around the turn of the century. Dr. Isidor Scheminsky, a young doctor, falls in love with a new nurse.