During World War I in 1916, Austrian soldier Dodek Wędzonka is mistaken for a Russian lieutenant and freed by a Russian patrol, only to be quartered at the seized Majewo estate - home of his own superior, Lieutenant Majewski.

An out of work show girl poses as a nurse and undertakes the job of looking after Clinton Clay, a composer and playboy, jilted by his Russian wife. She stands up to his tantrums and supersedes his wife in his affections.

War and ballet in Polish/British unison.