Petty bourgeois Zhigalovs, whose daughter-in-law Dasha is being extradited, find out to their horror that the official Aplombov (Erast Garin), who had lunch with them daily and proved himself to be a fiance, is not going to marry at all. With great difficulty, Dasha's father managed to persuade an ambitious groom to make an offer. The groom agreed, stipulating that the general attend the wedding.
