A dance teacher helps his ten well-bred student sisters when they leave home as a protest against their father's intended wedding. They form a café group called Die lustigen Weiber aus Wien (The merry Viennese girls).

A taxi driver in Berlin refuses to give up his horse and switch to motor transport.

Explores the ethics of a Berlin street during the Weimar era and the struggle for survival in a shady environment.

A young student, Stephan, inherits shares in a coal mine from his father. The mine is no longer profitable, and Stephan needs money to finance his studies, so he takes up work in the mine.