Shalabia, a beautiful country girl, moved from her village to work as a maid in a pasha's palace in Alexandria. However she fell in love with the pasha's opportunist driver Ali [Mahmoud Hemida] and made the other maids jealous. One of them told the pasha about their relationship so he would fire them both. He took advantage of the opportunity to exploit his lover Shalabia in the acquisition of much wealth for his illegitimate purposes. He swept her out with the trash after using her as a dancer at the Al-Faramawy Nightclub and promising to marry her while he was improving his financial situation. Shalabia learned the art of dancing and changed her name to Samara the Prince to increase her fame among the wealthy people who frequented the nightclub. Her fans who showered her with wealth multiplied. They included Marwan Amin the nationalist journalist, Mr. Faw the English stockbroker and Mehdi Pasha, a prominent politician.