Iyun 1940 goda. Nemtsy vhodyat v Parizh. Vezde deystvuet strogiy komendantskiy chas, za isklyucheniem grand otelya Ritts. Zhazhduschie poznakomitsya s iskusstvom zhit po-frantsuzski, obitateli otelya vstrechayutsya s parizhskoy elitoy, a za barnoy stoykoy rabotaet Frank Meyer, krupneyshiy barmen v mire.
Adaptatsiya eto vopros vyzhivaniya. Frank Meyer okazyvaetsya iskusnym diplomatom, zavoevyvaet simpatii nemetskih ofitserov. V techenie chetyreh let lyudi iz gestapo budut pit za Koko SHanel, uzhasnuyu vdovu Ritts ili Sasha Gitri. Muzhchiny i zhenschiny, kollaboratsionisty i uchastniki soprotivleniya, geroi i donoschiki, budut lyubit drug druga, predavat drug druga, i borotsya za zhelannuyu ideyu miroporyadka.
Bolshinstvo iz nih ne znaet, chto Frank Meyer, avstriyskiy emigrant, veteran voyny 1914 goda, skryvaet taynu. Barmen otelya "Ritts" - evrey.