The unemployed secretary Käte applies a job by mistake in the piano factory of the entrepreneur Helmut Hofert. He does not really have any need for an additional secretary at the moment, but Käte is very attractive.
The loss of a valuable necklace transforms a spoiled woman in West Berlin society; from then on, she no longer wants to lead a lavish life and places grace and kindness above wealth and possessions. Her son steals the necklace to prove that her mother is the "most beautiful" even without jewelry.
The wealthy manufacturer Job operates privately as a benevolent philanthropist . Once a month he and his daughter Esther invite the poor of the city to a feast. At night, in a dream, Job meet Satan, who bring him total misery.
