A composer with a bright future ahead of him is aboard a plane that crashes. he survives, but is badly disfigured. He decides not to return to his former life because of his disfigurement. He gets a job in a choir and meets a blind woman with a beautiful voice, and he believes that he can make her into a great singer. However, a wealthy patron takes a liking to her and arranges to take her to the US for an operation that can restore her sight. Her manager/lover is worried that if the operation is successful and she sees how horribly deformed he is, she will leave him.
