Set in 1933. A famous Polish singer returns home after being abroad for 25 years. He returns to his hometown, accompanied by his faithless third wife, ambitious private secretary and ample entourage. They all check into a plush hotel, where all the plotting against the maestro takes place. He builds an opera house in Strasbourg using his own money. His secretary will stop at nothing to get the job of opera house director. Meanwhile meastro's wife and the secretary are having an affair, his business manager disappears with the funds, and atop of all this he loses his voice.