September 1944. In war-weary and entertainment-sick Denmark, these are good times for enterprising people like film producer Otto Baumann. But in secret, Baumann is surrounded by enemies - he is a gambler who collaborates with both the occupying power and the resistance movement. When he becomes the victim of a brutal crime, detectives Nielsen and Andersen are put on the case - but the police are under German supervision, and before long the relationship with the occupying power worsens.