Historical sports drama. Threatened with a boycott of their 1936 Olympic Games unless they allow Jewish athletes to take part, Nazi Germany are forced to let international high jump champion and German Jew Gretel Bergmann (Karoline Herfurth) represent them in the games. Fearful that any achievement by her might undermine the German ideology of the time, they conspire to replace her with another woman, Marie Ketteler (Sebastian Urzendowsky). But the secrets that Marie holds, if uncovered, could damage the party even more so...