Weimar, 1921: The life of 20-year-old Lotte Brendel seems to be all mapped out: as a wife and mother at the side of a man who can continue her parent`s woodworking business. Not a very tempting idea for the unconventional and creative Lotte. Against the will of her parents, the artistically gifted Lotte joins the Weimar Bauhaus, which is led by the visionary Walter Gropius, and becomes part of a movement of young artists that has out to put the stagnancy of Empire behind it and usher in a new era.