- Arnost Benda gets a job in the baron Prasil's family as he is secretly married to baron's daughter Karlicka. The baron takes Arnost for his illegitimate son. The grotesque chaos is solved by arrival of real Arnost's parents.
- Young secretary Arnost Blaha is behaving very oddly. He married secretly Karlicka, the baron's daughter, and he wants to break the news gently to her parents to make as little fuss as possible. Baron Prasil is a great hunter. He lives only for shooting the deer and winning shooting contests, but he recognizes that something fishy is taking place. No problem, he has a great experience in the field of embarrassing situations. He spent his youth in a very active way, so he keeps (and hides) a detailed evidence of his illegitimate children and corresponding payments. When he finds that Arnost simply wants to call him "father" and no money is involved, he thinks that a sensible caution will solve the problem. Meantime his wife thinks that the new secretary is in love with her and she feels very elated. She tries to send him away. Karlicka wants to stick to the plan, so the young couple tries a heartbreaking story of Arnost's hard life to soften the mother up. They don't know that she had lost a male child many years ago and now gets the impression that Arnost is him. The baroness would like to hide this inconvenient news but her long forgotten lover count Kocharowski arrives and proudly claims his son. When the real Arnost's parents come to the castle, they are lost in the overall chaos and suspected of cheating. The truth goes forth step by step but comes as an relief to all present.—stans
- Baron Archibald Prásil is very protective of his daughter Carla. What he doesn't know, however, is that while she was away at art school, she secretly married Arnost Benda. Arnost unsuccessfully followed her stepmother, Olga, around Prague, hoping to break the news to her. The lovers find it hard to be apart, so they hatch a plan to have Arnost hired as her father's new secretary. Once at the baron's castle, things get complicated. Olga recognizes Arnost as her follower and mistakenly thinks he is interested in her. She finds a tryst note hidden under a napkin when she unexpectedly sits at Carla's place for dinner. The more Arnost tries to explain their marriage, the more Olga misinterprets his remarks. Carla tells Arnost to make up a story about his tragic boyhood. This leads Olga to believe that he is her illegitimate son that she gave up years ago. Meanwhile, the baron, who sired many illegitimate children while sowing his oats as a youth, begins to think Arnost is one of his sons. When the news comes out about the secret wedding, it seems incest has been committed. The baron insists Carla go to a convent. It is only when Arnost's real parents come to visit, that things get straightened out. Finally, Arnost and Carla can be happy newlyweds.—Garon Smith
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