An Old Heart Goes A-Journeying

Old heart embarks on a journey is a contemporary fairy tale in which love, faith, and integrity ultimately win.

Professor Gotthold Kittguß is an elderly yet still attractive man. He taught ancient languages and religion at an elementary school for many years; he is now retired. Since he has no relatives, his home is managed by a landlady.

Quietly, happily, and devoutly, he lives in seclusion, devoting himself totally to his computations, textual comparisons, and interpretation of the Bible. Then, he receives a letter from Rosemarie, his godchild. The sixteen-year-old orphan requests his assistance. After the loss of her parents, she resides with a foster family and five other foster children in a tiny village. The nasty foster parents have only taken in the children for the money, and they treat them horribly; starvation and beatings are the norm. To assist his godchild, a naïve, altruistic professor emerges into this confined, dark society.