After Ingeborg Holm's husband becomes sick and dies, the family's small grocery store fails, Ingeborg becomes bankrupt, and she is forced to move to the workhouse. Her three children go to foster homes. Ingeborg simply must see them again.
The widower Stensson lives a happy life on his farm with his two children.
A man must choose between two women. One who is bad for him and one who is the opposite. About the fate one suffers by choosing the wrong one.
