The young knight Tristan is injured in a fight in Ireland and cared for by the beautiful Isolde. He falls in love with her, unaware that she is the daughter of the Irish king.
Genée & von Fürstenberg Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, Popular-Film Hans H. Kaden, DNS-Filmproduktion, Film-Fernsehen-Autoren-Team GmbH, ZDF, Don Geraghty Filmservices Ltd.