This is the story of the unhappy maid Lena, who falls in love with the furniture mover Franz. But Franz' former girlfriend Karla is jealous of Lena and starts an intrigue against the couple, suggesting that Franz would leave Lena because of her poverty and shabby clothes. So Lena steals a ring and brings it to the pawnshop in order to get some money to buy something more attractive.

Hans Albers
as Franz

Käthe Dorsch
as Lena

Trude Berliner
as Carla

Rudolf Platte
as Chauffeur

Hansi Arnstaedt
as Frau Wernicke

Lotte Stein
as Köchin

Paul Samson-Körner
as Emil