AsstudiofinancingdwindledawayforHugoHaas,hislastfilmasawriter-director-producerhascertainautobiographicalelements,acastfeaturingseveralfilmveteransfromthesilentera,andastorylinecontainingametaphoriccommentaryonHollywood.WhenformerEuropeanfilmdirectorAgnus(Haas)witnessesbickeringinaboardinghouse,hesetsouttoprovetheinnategoodnessofpeople.Castingneighborsandtheboardinghousetenantsinhisnewfilm,titled"TheChosenandtheCondemned,"hesucceedsincreatingpeace,unityandharmonyintheneighborhood.However,it'salladeception,sinceAgnushasnofilminhiscamera.Whenastudioheadlearnsoftheproject,hebankrollsabudgetthatenablesAgnustoactuallycompletethefilm.