A comical story of a dispute between the King's Butler and the Notary, with a love affair between Wacław and Klara, the heirs to the two conflicted houses, brewing in the background. The first screen adaptation of the most famous Polish comedy - "Zemsta" (Revenge) by Aleksander Fredro. Written and directed by Antoni Bohdziewicz and Bohdan Korzeniowski; Korzeniowski was a renown theater director whose production of "Zemsta" in the National Theater in 1953 was a big success.