Professor Sergius insists that he invented a machine that can fly faster than the speed of earth's rotation and that this enables him to fly back to the past. To prove this, he promises the hand of his daughter Rózsi and all his possessions to the one who is willing to try the space travel with him. The romantic and adventurous Hungarian count Ákos Tibor finally accepts this challenge. Luckily, before time travelling he attends a costume ball dressed as a Hungarian hussar. So when they arrive in the past, people think he is a far relative of the wealthy landlord in whose field they landed. This is how strange adventures begin for our 20th century hero in the world of 18th century Austro-Hungary...