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Once upon a time there was a farmer. His daughter Dora was mean, lazy and quarrelsome, but his stepdaughter Magareta was sweet, pretty and hardworking. So it happened that the servant Hannes fell in love with Magareta. When Hannes asks the farmer for Magareta's hand, the jealous Dora is disappointed. In revenge, she hands Hannes over to the king's soldier recruiters and drives Magareta out of the house. Hannes saves himself to two devilish journeymen, who equip him with some magical things for his further way. The and new strong friends help Hannes to save his Magareta and at the same time free the people from a tyrannical king.

Director's memoirs of his childhood in a lively tenement house, in particular one hot summer day in 1949 when all tenants gathered to celebrate the wedding of the landlord's daughter. Small details slowly reveal that the narrator's recollection of the events may not be altogether correct.