The beautiful Shahrazad told many stories to the ruler during the 1000 and 1 Nights, in order to save her life with the help of her wisdom and imagination. In this ruler, she opened the way to the knowledge of the strongest feeling - love. It is the story of the longed-for son of a powerful caliph, who falls in love with a princess who hates all men. After many adventures, he discovers that it is because of a dream in which he saw the betrayal of a pigeon towards a faithful dove. The strength of the caliph's son's love for the inaccessible princess convinces the wise people around him, even the princess's nanny, to help him show the truth hidden in the dream and meet his love.

At the centre of Peter Patzak's existentialist film noir stands the hopeless struggle against the arms mafia in Czechoslovakia and its connections with Austria after the fall of the iron curtain.