 Polish girl Anna flees the brothel to which she has been taken under false pretenses. Her flight (on foot) takes her to a farm in the countryside where she is taken up by bachelor farmer Henk Woldring. Their developing relationship (chiefly helped along by Anna s good humor and enterprising personality, and a copy of  How do I say it in Polish? ) makes up the main storyline. The brothel owner and his flunky, Henk s unforthcoming bank and Anna s daughter in Poland mix in elements of tension.