A young honeymooning couple are lured away to a seaside resort by a high-society sleazeball, who has plans to seduce the girl, while at the same time her hubby in desperation stakes all his money on the roulette wheels.

An impoverished, despairing couple embarks on a train journey after finding a wallet with money, to explore a society thrown into disarray by the postwar economic crisis, the fast modernity represented by rapid train travel, and the rise of Fascism.