Master of the House

As his business fails, Viktor takes out his frustrations on his wife, Ida, and his timid children. When Ida, reduced to taking in neighbors' sewing to make ends meet, has a nervous breakdown, her mother places her in a sanitarium for a rest. The family's undaunted nursemaid, who had been Viktor's governess when he was a boy, schools her former charge in the trials of running a household, teaching him to appreciate his wife.