Like a Greek tragedy, the film is inspired by the true story of Marie Weber, a German expatriate teacher to the royal family, and Michalis Mimikos, a Greek army doctor, in the late 19th century. Their paths crossed, they fell in love, but when she told her father she wanted to marry him, he forbade it. In despair, she jumped from the Acropolis. Unable to bear life without her, Mimikos took his own life with his weapon. Their graves still attract visitors today.
