Prosperity slowly dawned in the Netherlands in the second half of the 1950s, but not for Bob Somers, his father and four sisters. As the son of a village coal farmer, Bob is destined to take over his father's business. When Bob visits a revue in town, sparks fly. Not only between him and the tinsel of the revue, but also between Bob and Jeanne, the daughter of the owner of a modern household appliance business.