Sous les toits de Paris

Deux amis inséparables, Albert, chanteur des rues, et Louis, camelot, font la connaissance d'une jeune et belle Roumaine, Paula. Albert s'en éprend aussitôt. Louis est également sensible au charme de la troublante étrangère. Un troisième larron, Fred, chef d'une bande de petits malfrats, est aussi sur les rangs. Il profite des ritournelles qu'entonne innocemment Albert pour s'emparer des porte-monnaie des badauds. Accusé par erreur de l'un de ces vols, Albert se retrouve en prison. Louis profite de l'occasion pour séduire la jeune femme...

In a working-class district of Paris, Albert, an impecunious street singer, lives in an attic room. He meets a beautiful Romanian girl, Pola, and falls in love with her; but he is not the only one, since his best friend Louis and the gangster Fred are also under her spell. One evening Pola dares not return home because Fred has stolen her key and she does not feel safe. She spends the night with Albert who, reluctantly remaining the gentleman, sleeps on the floor and leaves his bed to Pola. They soon decide to get married, but fate prevents them when Émile, a thief, deposits with Albert a bag full of stolen goods. It is discovered by the police, and Albert is sent to prison. Pola finds consolation with Louis. Later Émile is caught in his turn and admits that Albert was not his accomplice, which earns Albert his freedom. Fred has just got back together with Pola who has fallen out with Louis, and in a jealous fury at Albert's return Fred decides to provoke a knife fight with him. Louis rushes to Albert's rescue and the two comrades are re-united, but their friendship is clouded by the realisation that each of them is in love with Pola. Finally Albert decides to give up Pola to Louis.

Уличный певец Альбер и Пола любят друг друга, хотя Пола любит пофлиртовать и с его лучшим другом Луи. Когда Альбер оказывается в тюрьме за преступление, которого он не совершал, уже ничто не мешает Поле и Луи отдаться взаимному влечению. Альбера освобождают, он приходит в ярость, узнав о романе Полы и его лучшего друга. То, до чего вся троица, в конечном счете, договаривается — совершенная неожиданность для зрителя.