Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.

A psychological drama about love and self-sacrifice. Luli Beck, a café singer, has moments of epiphany when, looking around, she clearly realizes the banality and aimlessness of her existence. In one of these moments she meets Witold, a pure and innocent young man. And when a spark of light mutual feeling flares up between them, it turns out that Witold has a fiancée who loves him fervently.