A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.

Detective Rose Cotta unwittingly becomes involved in the major robbery of gold from Metallotechniki. Her great love, Sergeant Savvas, has officially taken on the case and is sad to find out that his sweetheart is also mixed up in this robbery. Meanwhile, in order to escape arrest and get away from Rose Cotta, who is constantly on their trail, the robbers lead her into a minefield. Savvas, trying to save her, puts the "siege" plan into action...