"The Brothers" tells the story of the rise and fall of three generations, 1963-1976, Mariensiel-Heidelberg.
Doctor Fachmin, a country doctor, descendant of an old-etablished family, married... Upon the birth of a son - we are going to learn later who the real father is - the two dissilimar brothers meet bearing an irreconcilable mixture of hatred and love for each other.
The agony of a man who cannot have the woman he loves -
The lealousy of a son, who wants to protect his mother from the intruder in order to have her for himself - ...
combined with other psychological complications within this caln - leads this story to the point where the mother becomes the victim of an attack which scars her for the rest of her life, although this attempt was planned by her jealous son and meant for his brother.