Young Countess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. Wilma impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent. Swallowing his pride, Latzi agrees to the marriage, but soon Wilma falls in love with young Lieutenant Von Tokay who himself is in love with Latzi's gypsy sweetheart Timka.

"故事改编自匈牙利伟大的剧作家费伦克•莫纳（Ferenc Molnar）的名剧《利力姆》（Liliom，1919）。这部作品曾三度搬上默片的银幕，1930年还被拍摄为有声电影，本片是1934年由弗烈兹•朗格导演、查尔斯•博耶主演的法国版本。
故事发生在19世纪末缅因州的海岸小村，比利是当地一位自命不凡的嘉年华会游乐场的招徕顾客的人。他被前来玩耍的文静姑娘磨坊女工朱丽深深吸引，二人一见倾心，歌曲“如果我爱你"正表达了他们狂热的爱情。不久以后比利便与朱丽结婚。由于经济拮据，朱丽怀孕的消息并没有使他兴奋起来。失业的比利逐渐体会到生活的艰辛，他的脾气变得越来越暴躁，因为他急于想给朱丽和未来的孩子一个体面的生活环境。这时候快为人父的比利受人挑唆，决定参与抢劫。即便如此，好运也没有顾及比利，在第一次行窃中，比利就被抓获。面对着即将到来的铁窗之苦，比利陷入了深深地痛苦与自责之中，“独白"便是比利心中矛盾情感的吐露。他呼喊着朱丽的名字结束了自己的生命。
在获准进入天堂之前，比利被召唤到人间去做一件好事赎罪，转眼间人间15年的光阴匆匆流逝，比利终于见到了令他日思夜想的女儿露伊丝和妻子朱丽，冥冥之中他们一起唱起了“你并不孤单"。比利与自己15岁的女儿露伊丝相遇，这是一个寂寞孤独的孩子，窃贼父亲的坏名声使她年轻的生命充满了恐惧。初恋的遭遇使露伊丝丧失了生活的信心。这一切都被比利看在眼里，他从天堂带来一颗星星作为礼物送给露伊丝以帮助她摆脱不幸，也是想表达自己对这对母女欠下感情债的愧疚心情，他极力想用自己的爱使她们获得对生活的热情和信心，最后比利终于完成了自己的心愿，登上了去天堂的阶梯。"

An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him and confuse the Austrians by appearing to be everywhere at once. In addition, both the Czar and his double fall for the same woman.

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.