Beware Of Pity

The film opens with a framing device set in post-Second World War Britain. In the days leading up to the First World War, Lieutenant Marek is assigned to an Austro-Hungarian cavalry regiment stationed in a small town. There he meets Baroness Edith de Kekesfalva, a young woman who is a paraplegic as the result of a horse riding accident. With the hope of being able to walk again unassisted, Edith reveals her love for Marek. Guilt-ridden Marek pretends to love her and agrees to marry her after she is cured.