Comedy on the Bridge
A river bridge separates two armies during a conflict. Josephine is held on the bridge because she lacks the papers needed to cross to her own side. The brewer Bedron is also detained there, and his flirtation with Josephine brings her fiancé Johnny and Bedron’s wife Eva into an argument. A schoolmaster ponders a riddle about a deer trapped in a walled field. When fighting is heard, the couples settle their differences. Their side wins the battle, and an officer reveals that Josephine’s brother is alive; she had buried another soldier. The officer gives the riddle’s answer: the deer does not escape.