Susanne, a journalist, and Morten, a cellist, desperately want a child, but are unsuccessful. The situation leads to desperate acts, occasional drunkenness, and solace for her with a discreet lover.
The young girl Cecilia is in love with her neighbor's son Esben. But her father, a knitwear merchant, will not allow her to marry him. Overcome with grief, she succumbs to madness. TV adaptation of Blicher's short story from 1829.
