The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Knaake.

Peter Winkler and his fiancee Hella live together in Berlin, in a guesthouse called "Splendide", run by Mrs Weber.

He is hoping that with greater professional success he will finally be able to marry Hella.

She in turn doesn't tell Peter that she already had a dress and a hat laid away in a local store, without having the required amount of money.

In this difficult situation she borrowed the money from another male guest at the guesthouse.