“Die Wandlung” (Transfiguration) tells the story of Friedrich, a war volunteer who goes into World War I full of idealism. At the front, he is confronted with death and senselessness. Wounded, he returns home, becomes a political activist, and participates in revolutionary plans. But here, too, he experiences violence, betrayal, and failure. In the end, Friedrich realizes that true change is not possible through coercion, but through an inner moral transformation of the individual.