Az Aranyember (The Man of Gold) was based on a novel by Jokai, at one time Hungary's foremost storyteller. Set in the early 19th century, the story revolves around Timar (Ferenc Kiss), a ferryman on a Danish tugboat. Rescuing the daughter (Marisa Kormos) of a Turkish nobleman from a watery grave, Timar is rewarded with the girl's hand in marriage. Now rich beyond his wildest dreams, our hero finds he is unsatisfied; it seems he has never forgotten his true love, flower girl Noemi (Anna Fuzes). Timar is forced to suffer mightily until he is finally permitted a tender reunion with the girl of his dreams.

Young playboy Pál Milkó, nephew of the mill’s powerful CEO, insults and even strikes the company’s venerable accountant, Andor Virág, who quits in anger. To make amends, Pál rents a room in Virág’s home, avoids the old man but courts his beautiful daughter, soon hopelessly falling in love.

András and Rózsi have been engaged for years now, but, given the absence of her certificate of baptism, they cannot get married.

Her husband, a talented engineer, having been killed in an accident years ago in America, Mrs. Gáldy, a widower, lives in poverty in a small village with Tomi, her little son.

A greedy man is taught a lesson by his three aunts who are tired of his demands for more money, forcing them to hire an actress to flirt with him and learn the truth about his actual inheritance.