Paris 1930. After fleeing the Soviet Revolution, General Ouratieff and his wife Tatiana have emigrated to the French capital and, although they have deposited a huge sum of money entrusted by the Tsar in the Banque de France, they now work as domestics. Indeed they consider that this money is designed to restore Tsarism and they do their utmost to keep it safe from banks and other greedy businessmen, including their own employer, Mr.