A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.
Joasia fiercely pursues employment based solely on her professional skills, nervously rejecting crude advances and disguising herself as unattractive to avoid harassment. When she meets her new, handsome employer Robert Rostalski, she begins to regret her impulsive decision.
After his business partner Otto vanishes with the company’s funds, Roman Tarski tells his wife Stefie he must work secretly by night as a waiter at the club “Alhambra.” Stefie grows suspicious of his exhaustion and odd behavior, and when she finds him drunk with the maid Kazia and her fiancé Walery, she enlists Baron Carolescu’s help to expose Roman’s deception and uncover the truth about the missing money.
