Davos 1917 (2023) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

The single-season narrative follows Johanna from personal loss into increasingly dangerous espionage missions. Her attempts to recover her daughter, escape the intelligence network, and prove her innocence remain interconnected.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Season 1: Return and Bargain

Johanna returns to Davos pregnant after serving with the Red Cross on the Western Front. The removal of her newborn daughter forces her into a deal with German secret services.

Key Events

• Return from the Front — Johanna returns from a Red Cross mission on the Western Front to Davos. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Western Front
• Pregnancy Revealed — Johanna returns to Davos pregnant after her wartime nursing mission. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Child Taken Away — While Johanna is still in the delivery room, her father takes her newborn daughter away from her. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: delivery room
• A Desperate Bargain — Johanna must make a deal with German secret services in order to get her daughter back. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Spy Assignment Begins — Johanna begins carrying out the assignment imposed by the secret-services deal. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• New Year's Eve Ball — Johanna carries out a risky spy assignment during the traditional New Year's Eve ball. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: New Year's Eve ball
• War Pauses Briefly — The ball provides a temporary social pause from the drama of war while Johanna works under cover. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: New Year's Eve ball

Season 1: The Risky Assignment

Johanna performs a dangerous spy assignment during the New Year's Eve ball. The operation becomes critical and places her family in grave danger.

Key Events

• War Pauses Briefly — The ball provides a temporary social pause from the drama of war while Johanna works under cover. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: New Year's Eve ball
• Assignment Turns Critical — The situation during Johanna's assignment becomes critical. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Family Under Threat — The failed stability of the assignment places Johanna and her family in grave danger. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Mission H Discovered — Johanna discovers the meaning of Mission H. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Encryption Device Threat — Johanna learns that a mysterious Swiss Army encryption device could fall into the wrong hands. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Device Must Be Secured — Johanna must prevent the encryption device from reaching the wrong hands. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Suspicious Evidence Found — Weapons and money are found in Johanna's room, creating suspicion around her activities. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Johanna's room

Season 1: Mission H

Johanna discovers the meaning of Mission H and must stop a Swiss Army encryption device from reaching the wrong hands. Weapons and money found in her room increase suspicion around her.

Key Events

• Suspicious Evidence Found — Weapons and money are found in Johanna's room, creating suspicion around her activities. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Johanna's room
• Exposure Risk Rises — The discovery of weapons and money increases the risk that Johanna's espionage activities will be exposed. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Johanna's room
• Taylor Departs — General Taylor makes a hasty departure from Davos. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler, General Taylor Location: Davos
• Informant Becomes Useless — Taylor's departure makes Johanna useless as an informant for German intelligence. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler, General Taylor Location: Davos
• Elimination Order — With Johanna no longer useful as an informant, an elimination task is assigned against her. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• One Step Ahead — Johanna remains one step ahead while the attempt to eliminate her develops. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Explosion Investigation — A hunt begins for the traitor responsible for an explosion. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos

Season 1: The Lenin Plan

General Taylor's departure makes Johanna useless as an informant for German intelligence, while an elimination task is assigned against her. Amid the hunt for the traitor behind an explosion, she works to implement the Lenin Plan.

Key Events

• Explosion Investigation — A hunt begins for the traitor responsible for an explosion. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Traitor Hunt Expands — The investigation into the explosion places betrayal at the center of the espionage crisis. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Lenin Plan Revealed — Johanna works to implement the Lenin Plan. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Revolt Strategy — The Lenin Plan involves a revolt against the Tsar to get Russia out of the war. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Espionage Exit Sought — Johanna seeks a way out of the espionage ring while the Lenin Plan remains active. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Escape Preparations — Preparations for escape continue as Johanna tries to leave the espionage network. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Doctor Captured — The doctor is captured during the preparations for escape. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos

Season 1: Treason and Delivery

Johanna and the doctor try to leave the espionage ring, but the doctor is captured during the escape preparations. Accused of treason, Johanna must prove her innocence by helping deliver money to Lenin.

Key Events

• Doctor Captured — The doctor is captured during the preparations for escape. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Treason Accusation — Johanna is accused of treason after the doctor's capture. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Innocence Must Be Proved — Johanna is forced to prove her innocence. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Money Delivery Mission — To prove her innocence, Johanna collaborates in the delivery of money to Lenin. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Forced Collaboration — Johanna's attempt to clear herself requires her to continue participating in the espionage operation. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos
• Season One Standoff — The season closes with Johanna still caught between proving her innocence, escaping the espionage ring, and helping deliver money to Lenin. Characters: Johanna Gabathuler Location: Davos

Story Breakdown

• Return and Loss — Johanna comes back to Davos pregnant and immediately loses access to her newborn daughter.
  • Western Front Return — Johanna returns after a Red Cross mission on the Western Front.
  • Child Taken Away — Her newborn daughter is taken while Johanna remains in the delivery room.
• Secret Service Bargain — The loss of her daughter drives Johanna into a deal with German secret services.
  • Demand for Recovery — Johanna seeks a way to get her daughter back.
  • Forced Espionage — The deal requires Johanna to carry out spy work.
• New Year's Assignment — Johanna conducts a risky operation during a traditional ball while war temporarily recedes from public view.
  • Ball Infiltration — The New Year's Eve ball becomes the setting for Johanna's spy assignment.
  • Family Endangered — The assignment turns critical and places Johanna's family in grave danger.
• Mission H Crisis — The meaning of Mission H and the threat surrounding a Swiss Army encryption device expand the espionage stakes.
  • Hidden Mission — Johanna discovers what Mission H means.
  • Encryption Device — Johanna must stop the device from falling into the wrong hands.
• Exposure and Elimination — Evidence in Johanna's room and General Taylor's departure make her operational position increasingly unstable.
  • Weapons and Money — Weapons and money found in Johanna's room create suspicion.
  • Taylor Departs — Taylor's departure makes Johanna useless as an informant for German intelligence and leads to an elimination task against her.
• Lenin Plan — Johanna works to advance a plan intended to remove Russia from the war through a revolt against the Tsar.
  • Explosion Investigation — A hunt begins for the traitor responsible for an explosion.
  • Revolt Against Tsar — The Lenin Plan seeks a revolt against the Tsar to get Russia out of the war.
• Treason and Delivery — Escape fails when the doctor is captured, forcing Johanna to prove her innocence through another dangerous mission.
  • Doctor Captured — The doctor is captured during preparations to leave the espionage ring.
  • Money to Lenin — Johanna collaborates in delivering money to Lenin while under accusation of treason.

Directed by

Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Jan-Eric Mack, Christian Theede

Key Cast

• Dominique Devenport — Johanna Gabathuler
• Jeanette Hain — Ilse von Hausner
• David Kross — Carl Mangold
• Anna Schinz — Mathilde Gabathuler
• Hanspeter Müller — Peter Gabathuler