A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.

To finish his movie, a young director has himself declared unfit to conclude business and with help from his friend commit credit frauds. They secure the necessary funding and finish the movie, but are quickly revealed, the guardianship is transferred to another person and the director now has to work for the new guardian. Luckily, they're invited to a film festival to screen their movie....