A shameless car salesman and womanizer Kurt (Ebbe Rode) is caught red handed when trying to cheat his way to the family fortune.

The aging consul Hedvig's health falters, and the family gathers around the hospital. Her three adult children are all struggling with theirs - and not least the question of the distribution of the inheritance. The situation escalates when the consul's unscrupulous grandson, Kurt, appears. His motto is: Take what you want.—Nordiskfilm