Az éjszaka lánya

The painter, Péter Ákos, upon returning to his villa unexpectedly, is tied up by burglars ransacking it. The beautiful Apache girl, Kócos Bözsi sets the man free, who in turn calls the police instantly. The burglars knock down both the painter and the traitor and escape. Horváth Bálint, the psychiatrist and a good friend to the painter, takes the girl to himself. By hypnosis he transforms her into a lady. Ádám introduces her to Ákos as Erzsébet, his niece who has just arrived from Switzerland. The young people fall in love with each other and prepare for a wedding. After the sudden death of Bálint the effect of the hypnosis lessen and the girl is tortured by dark memories and nightmares. The re-transformation begins, she starts smoking, drinking and stealing again. She would like to face her past. She denies Ákos and surrenders to the attraction of the underworld. She returns to her former lover, but the mean vulgarity and coarse manners repel her. Then Ákos arrives and helps her leave the underworld. (Verleiher-Text)