It shows the life of the unfortunate journalist Sibilot who works at the right-wing newspaper of France, Soir á Paris.
The main turnpoint in his life when he cannot come up with any great idea, and his boss, Jules Palotin, tells him that if he does not find any news he will fire him.
However, during his depression the luck comes to his house in the person of Georges De Valera, an internationally wanted swindler.
After that we can spectate the way of Georges De Valera becoming Nikita Nekrassov - an escaped soviet minister - and how he made his life to the level of the national hero of France.
After some really morally difficult dialogues, the police arrived looking for Georges De Valera, swindler and wanted criminal.
Palotin refuses to increase his salary unless Sibilot comes up with a brand new idea about the Communists' terror or the wrongs of Soviet Union.
Later Mouton appeared and provoked Palotin to write a better article, a bigger news against the communists, reminding the editor the old great quality of the paper.
Georges De Valera - chased by the police officers - jumps into Sibilot's house, and meets Veronica.
From their dialogue the reader can gather some information about Georges, for instance, he is a great actor and that he does not trust women.
When Veronica left for work, Sibilot started thinking, however, Georges' sneezing interrupted him too many times and he got angry.
The Administration Committee were invited into the office, and Nekrassov started to point out - of course, randomly - the members who are "on the list of people who will be executed".
Hearing this, Mouton lost his sanity because of the wound on his pride, and swore that he will destroy the newspaper, Palotin and Nekrassov as well.
They are having a conversation full of suspicious elements of both sides which made the whole situation absurd: they do not trust each other but in the same time they like each other.
Everything seemed peaceful until Baudouin and Chapuis - the supervisors of the defensive division - announced that there is a probability of assassination or any kind of terrorism.
However, Georges planned quickly and asked the guards to make everyone leave the room because he wanted to talk with Demidoff in private.
Near the end of the scene it turns out that Baudouin and Chapuis know the truth about Georges and they want to make him testify against Robert Duval and Charles Maistre.
However, Demidoff, who is still under the effect of the beverages, wanted to claim his new colleague as well so he knocked out everyone so Georges and Veronica could escape, and never return.
The beaten defensive division arrived to make their situation look better: they told everyone that Nekrassov was Georges De Valera, and when they went to get him, a group of communist soldiers were protecting him, that's why they are in this condition.
After manipulating Sibilot, his life changed: Everyone started to believe his story - he also - that he is the escaped soviet minister, Nekrassov, and that he had some important and top secret information about the Russian and the Communist Party.
Actor: Jean Parédés [fr] A poor middle-aged journalist who writes anti-communist propaganda for a right-wing French newspaper, the Soir á Paris.
His scene starts with his statement to his boss - Jules Palotin - to raise his salary because what he gets a month is simply not enough for living.
Then Sibilot got into trouble when his future career has been bound to a newsworthy article about the Communists - this is the reason why he accepted the help of the swindler Georges.
Actor: R. J. Chauffard [fr] Detective whose main purpose to chase Georges De Valera everywhere.
The human folly and that we try to manipulate and own other people, and how it affects our moral life also a great deal in the drama, and in the Being and Nothingness as well.