August1928:whileworkersandfarmerssearch“DasKapital”foranswerstosomemysteriousvampirebitemarks,aself-proclaimedbaronentersthelifeofthecharmingheiressMissFlambow-Jansen,aswellasherluxuryBalticresidence.Asitturnsout,heisactuallyaproletarianimpostor,forcedtoescapefromtheSovietUnionbecauseofapoliticalincidentinvolvingnoless.