The late 1930s. A young enemployed, unskilled worker walks through the streets of Copenhagen, sustaining himself partly on the dole and free soup-kitchen meals and partly on day-dreams. He spends time at a cemetry studying headstone inscriptions. Mild-mannered and of poetic bent, he understands little of an intellectual friend's advice and shies away from the love of a woman who shares her bed with him.

Genres

Cast

Kirsten Olesen

Elisabeth

Jesper Christensen

Den arbejdsløse

Jesper Christensen

Vægtløftermennesket

Karl Stegger

Nuslemennesket

Otto Brandenburg

Graveren

Sejr Volmer-Sørensen

Vorherre/Kontormanden

Jesper Klein

Filipensmennesket

Ellen Margrethe Stein

Tanten

Else Højgaard

Ella

Peer Guldbrandsen

Tobakshandleren