Financier Franz Bollenstein remains a widower, but a large inheritance from his second wife goes to his stepdaughter Nicolette. Fearing that the loss of such a large deposit could shake his financial empire, the banker tries to declare the girl incapacitated. After her mother’s death, she ran away from home again. To find Nicoletta and place her in a private psychiatric clinic in Lausanne, Bollenstein instructs his assistant Antonio Olivieri. A novice shark of business willingly takes up business
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