JustbeforeWorldWar1,thefifteen-year-oldpoverty-strickenAnkafromasmallSlovaktownarrivesinPraguetobeamaidinawealthyfamily.ShemeetsResi,thedaughterofanoblefamily,whowasbornandraisedtobeanadornmentandatrophy–ofthehouse,ofherfamily,ofAustria-Hungary.AnkaandResi,twogirlsborninthesameyear,butattheotherendsofthesocialladder,findasoulmateineachother.Theybecomebestfriends,loversandtheonlylightinamale-dominatedworld.
JustbeforeWorldWar1,thefifteen-year-oldpoverty-strickenAnkafromasmallSlovaktownarrivesinPraguetobeamaidinawealthyfamily.ShemeetsResi,thedaughterofanoblefamily,whowasbornandraisedtobeanadornmentandatrophy–ofthehouse,ofherfamily,ofAustria-Hungary.AnkaandResi,twogirlsborninthesameyear,butattheotherendsofthesocialladder,findasoulmateineachother.Theybecomebestfriends,loversandtheonlylightinamale-dominatedworld.