The trio Erik, Arne and Ingrid have been friends since childhood, the two boys always competing for the affection of Ingrid. At the naval academy Erik gets into a fistfight and is expelled, to instead become a captain of a trading ship. Before he leaves Ingrid and Erik are engaged in secret. Later, when Erik is believed to be lost at sea, Ingrid instead gets engaged with Arne.
Thriller set in northern Sweden during WWII where a regiment of ski-borne soldiers and guests in a tourist hotel experience and investigate acts of treason.
The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.
