Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his ways through the intervention of the ghost of his former partner and of three spirits in this faithful adaptation of the Dickens classic.

剧情从波兰女学生玛莉到巴黎求学开始，她因为跟退休科学家皮埃尔居礼共享一个实验室而日久生情，后来结为夫妇。同时他们继续从事科学实验，多年后发现了“镭”，因而成为世界知名的科学家，但居礼先生却在领奖前因车祸丧生。