1950s Athens. Prince, a self-made impresario and the owner of the "Acropole" review theater, fires one of his leading ladies when she shows up drunk on opening night. In order to replace her, he turns to Lakis Loizos, an expert at comic female roles and an ex-wonder-child of movies, who now runs an agency for extras. At first, Lakis is surprised by the prince's proposal, but finally decides to try his luck on the stage of the legendary theater.

An elderly man, Kosmas, gets involved in a fight and, trying to escape from the police, runs into Maritsa, who is standing in the museum garden waiting for the man of her dreams. He falls in love with her and they decide to get married, but all he knows about her is that she is looking for a husband through the marriage bureau of Pipi and Fifi.

A precious golden cross and a regretful incident lead to a bitter conflict between a wealthy chief-shepherd and an impoverished young herder, who is about to lose his one true love forever. Will this mark the end of an ardent romance?