Mileda doesn't know anything else but the brothel milieu in the Rothausgasse where she has grown up. When she's 17, a new 'salon' is opened by Madame Goldscheider in which she starts to work as a chambermaid. Her mother begs her on her deathbed to try anything to escape from that wretched milieu, but all attempts fail due to the prejudices of society against a 'girl from the Ro...