杰克（艾沃·皮茨克 Ivo Pietzcker 饰）跟弟弟一起和母亲过着相依为命的生活，杰克的母亲是一个极为不负责任的女人，白天工作结束后，她便乔装打扮外出找乐子，照顾弟弟的全部责任就落在了杰克一人的身上。杰克对母亲身边经常更换的男友抱有强烈的敌意，母子之间的感情因此十分脆弱。　　某日，杰克的弟弟不幸被烫伤，社会福利机构勒令母亲必须…

The young Marie, daughter of a Thuringian glassblower, violates all traditions after the death of mother and father. To feed herself and her sisters, she became the first female glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and her artful glassy Christmas balls find themselves in America.