Stella, daughter of a banker from Zakynthos, loves a poor telegraph operator. Her father wants her to marry a rich man, but Stella refuses and her father locks her in the attic, where she lives in isolation. When she learns that the telegraph operator only wanted her fortune, that he did not truly love her, and that he is marrying the daughter of a nobleman, Stella Violanti collapses mentally and physically, and her death is inevitable.

A look at poverty in post-war Athens. Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.

Surrounded by wealth, an impecunious young lady leaves home and the suave man of her dreams to spread her wings in Athens. But, he refuses to give up on her. Will she ever know that love awaits at the villa with the four marble stairs?

Froso "the dreamer", is in love with Panagis but her mother, who isn't aware of her feelings, wants to see her married to wealthy captain Nikolas.

Accompanied by his feathery associate, a wandering fortune-teller predicts the fates of passers-by to make a living. He encounters penniless lovers, incurable romantics, and unscrupulous con artists. But who knows what tomorrow holds?