Magda, the butcher's daughter, against the wishes of her father becomes an actress in the theater "Golden Mask". Kicked out of the house she meets Count Xavier Runickie and soon they get married. Unfortunately, the marriage did not bring her happiness...
Two children are born in a rich family's manor house - one of them, Gogo, is a son of a countess and the second one, Maciek, a son of the servant. The servant decides to switch the babies so her son can have a better life. They both grow up and fall for the same woman, a girl named Kasia raised by the countess.