Master shoemaker Gottlieb Weigelt has come a long way. He has his own large shop and has employed a foreman and twelve journeymen. His everything is his son Leopold, a good-for-nothing who tries more badly than right as a court trainee, but above all shines through his absence and laziness. But he is very big in spending his father's money. His financial situation becomes increasingly precarious when he meets the dancer Rosita, who turns out to be a very expensive pleasure. Soon Leopold found himself obliged to forge his father's signature in order to trigger the change of his moneylender. Old Weigelt does not realize how deeply his beloved son is slipping into a dangerous situation.