During Christmas week in 1949, escape artist Carl August Lorentzen was on the run after digging his way out of Horsens Prison. The TV movie follows the legendary escape minute by minute.
In a dystopian future, Denmark's lower classes must live as nomads—living in vans, always on the move, endlessly driving on a system of ring roads. Although they try to maintain a certain degree of humanity in their daily lives, there is no room for emotion or compassion among the wanderers.
