A nightclub in Pigalle, Paris, owes its notoriety less to its music
hall numbers and more to the activities of the maharajas who frequent
it. One of the maharajas buys the nightclub and offers to make
the cloakroom attendant Annie a star. The maharaja ends up taking
her to his home country, returning the nightclub to its original owner.
In his letters to his friends and family, Franz Kafka gives us a rich self-portrait that is surprisingly upbeat, nor the angst-ridden soul we might expect.