Małgorzata Jóźwiak

Marysia quiere celebrar las fiestas con su hijo. Krzysztof planea pedirle matrimonio a su novia. Pero una confusión en la entrega de regalos arruina sus planes y deben unirse.

A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and

Zdzicho leaves a prison and tries to get his share from his former partners.