Klaus Seeberg is conducting research to find a new perfume. His wife Dagny is growing impatient, which is why she secretly hooks up with Joachim Friis-Olsen. When Klaus discovers this, he goes to Paris to sell his invention. One evening in Paris, he meets a Danish woman named Betty. Back in Denmark, Klaus' aunt throws a party. In addition to Joachim, Betty unexpectedly shows up at the party. What will Klaus do now? Is he in love with Betty?
After World War II, Europe lies in ruins and help is desperately needed everywhere. One person trying to make a difference is Dr. Jørgen Vedel, who travels with the Red Cross to Vienna to vaccinate children. There he meets Leni, a girl who has been to Auschwitz, where she lost her mother. Jørgen arranges for Leni to come to Denmark, where she can start a whole new life.
Jeppe Aakjær's heroic poem about Jens Langkniv becomes something more than the story of a robber in a small parish in Jutland.
