
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