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GrieshuustellsthestoryoftheconflictbetweenHinrichandDetlev,twobrotherswhoaretheairstotherulershipofthetitularGreyHouse,acastleandsmalltownsomewhereinruralGermany.Thefilmhastwodefinitearcs.ThefirsttellshowHinrichfallsoutoffavorwithhisfatherbymarryingamaid(whomhemeetswhilesavingherfromgangrapebyagroupofcrazednomads,inoneofthefirstsectionsmostinspiredsequencesaswellasoneofitsmostGriffith-esque),andhashimselfwrittenoutoftheinheritance.ThevainandaristocraticDetlevreturnsjustintimefortheirfathertohaveaheartattack.<br/> Thetwobrotherssparovercontrolofthecastleandland,withthelocalsurfsonHinrich'ssideandthelawonDetlev's.Theconflictswirlsoutofcontrol,andafterthedeathofHinrich'syoungwife,the“good”sonHinrichfinallylosesanysemblanceofsanityandbrutallykillsDetlevonawindyhill.Hinrich,nowafugitive,disappears.Thesecondarcbeginsadecadeorsolater,whereHinrich'ssonhasbeenraisedandgroomedbythesurfstoeventuallytakeoverthenowshutteredGreyHouse.Detlev'swidowhasreturnedandplanstokidnapthechildandtakeoverthelandherself,butHinrichhasalsowanderedbacktohisoldhometown,nowwornandaged.TheGhostofHinrich'swifeappearsandallowsforamiraculousrescuebybothfrighteningDetlev'swidowandalertingHinrichtothedangertheirsonisin.Hinrichdiessavinghissonslife,andweassumeasthefilmfadestoblackthatthechildwillbecomeabenevolentrulerofGreyHouse.
