Internationally celebrated musician, Paul Ferraris plays the violin like an angel, but since his beloved wife passed away he and beautiful young daughter Gisela have been almost destitute. Now desperate, they arrive in Vienna, where Paul is much admired and sure of finding work in one of the great theatres. In the pitch black of the Vienna Woods at night, Gisela’s rescued from a rabble of rowdy students by a mysterious stranger. And even in the total darkness, somehow, she knows she’s safe with him – and somehow she falls into his arms in a rapturous, unseeing kiss.