The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of insanity. They have two children. She struggles to improve her social status, however, striving to attain the level of her two elder sisters is not easy. The great upheaval comes when she meets Otto, a smith, younger than Juliane, and in many ways her opposite. He is an ardent socialist, whereas she believes in herself. It is love at first sight when they meet and waltz on the pavement, but their passion really bursts into flame as time goes by. At last Juliane has found a man as strong-willed as she is.
as Juliane Jensen
as Otto Jensen
as Simon Berggren
as Josephine
as Linder
as Rikke
as Helbig
as Slagter Bengtsson
as Madam Olsen
as Vicevært Nielsen
as Madam Nielsen
as Madam Birk
as Madam Grøn
as Peder Kjærdsgaard
as Wilhelm Hansen
as Trykkeriejer Knudsen
as Snedkermester Thomsen
as Ingeborg
as Frk. Mortensen
as Johan
as Thora
as Amalie
as Henriette
as Karla Bafoed
as Dagmar
as Syngepige, Bakkens Hvile
as Syngepige, Varieté
as Syngepige, Barcelona
as Syngepige, Barcelona
as Politimester
as Betjent
as Sygeplejerske
as Fængselsbetjent
as Præst
as Lisbeth, trykkeri
as Brevstemme
