The sexton of a large church in the city causes a scandal at a diplomatic wedding by clumsiest. In the sacristy, where he has fled, he is discovered by an elderly couple, their adolescent grand-daughter and her illegitimate child. The family force the sexton to baptize their sickly newborn, and the child revives with loud crying. On their advice, the sexton moves to a small village in the mountains. The village needs a spiritual guide, especially now that the bed-ridden granny, cleared away to a farm loft, has decided to die of boredom and wants to have the last rites. The sexton's arrival is deemed a miracle and the man becomes a parish priest at the local church despite his own resistance to the idea. The locals are finally able to give their confessions and grow very fond of the sympathetic man. The village schoolmaster, previously the spiritual figure of the village, is jealous of the "priest" and makes every effort to get rid of him. He thinks up a trap, luring Majka, the local girl of easy virtue, to a haystack outside the village together with the "priest". The angry locals fail to catch the "priest", who escapes the scene on time. The local beggar dies in the haystack as it accidentally catches fire. Two bishops pay a visit to the village. They soon expose the sexton's true identity. The schoolmaster, who informed on the sexton to the police, goes to the church to warn him that he will be arrested. The sexton tries to escape, swinging hand over hand along a beam but cannot keep his balance. He hits the floor and dies amid a crowd of onlookers.

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