Tras la III Guerra Mundial, la raza humana es devastada de la faz de la Tierra. Nueve mujeres cruzan la abrasada campiña en busca de comida y de otros supervivientes, especialmente hombres, con los cuales preservar la especie. En una granja encuentran a un viejo solitario que les ofrece su vaca como cena, permitiéndoles escuchar su fonógrafo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Helena Leeová is at a spa with her daughter Marcelka. One day a lifeguard saves her from drowning. The rescued woman comes to in the lifeguard's arms. This incident is used by the newspapers to promote a society scandal. They print a report that the lifeguard was seen with Helena in her bedroom. Helena's husband, the banker Filip Lee, is a candidate for bank president. The scandal threatens his career and thus Lee at once demands a divorce. His legal representative, Jan Farrland, not only wins the divorce suit but also manages to have Helena's daughter taken from her custody. One day Farrland meets Helena at a society party and he comes to understand that he has wronged her, and he falls in love with her.
