Joe Anton (Raft) is a speakeasy owner who falls in love with socialite Miss Healy (Cummings). He takes lessons in high-class mannerisms from Mabel Jellyman (Skipworth). Joe does not know that Miss Healy only pays attention to him because he lives in the elegant building that her family lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. After a risky encounter with his old flame Iris Dawn (...。一个出生在德国的白人独生女,因为对非洲大陆的向往而来到西非,成为了一个非洲黑人的第三个妻子;因为爱情而和另外两个非洲女人共同分享同一个丈夫;又因为母爱而和她们一同抚养丈夫的15个孩子……她和他们的生活会是怎样?嫉妒,怨恨,矛盾,争吵,还是相敬如宾?疾病和贫穷困扰着她,这位德国女性在广袤的非洲大陆上正艰难地走着自己选择的人生之路……。