ÊSpring's AwakeningÊ is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its
fourteen-year-old heroine Wendla is killed by abortion pills. The young
Moritz terrorized by the world around him and especially by his teachers
shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of Moritz's
friend Melchior but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the
famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the
consequences.