Hungarian scientist and man of letters and leisure János Bátky (Iván Darvas) enjoys sparkling society life, spending his evenings in the company of various ladies. Ilonka, his long-suffering secret companion of several years, manages to make the bachelor almost truly fall in love – however, he is afraid of marriage and prefers to push her away.
Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame.
It is 1905. The police director gets Jindrich Legenda (Eduard Cupák) shadowed as, yet Legenda had served his sentence for a burglary, the jewels have not been found.
Sandro, a detective, finds his wife strangled. His girl-friend Tiffany, who works as photographer, makes a "Blow up" from a photo, what Sandro finds beside the victim.
