The opium smoker Hugo is the youngest son of Baron von Kaufmann, who also is a victim of the drug habit. Hugo is insanely jealous of his older brother Ernest. When Ernst's engagement with beautiful Henny is announced at a costume ball Hugo he gets furious. Observed by his valet he is calmed down. Hugo's valet see's his opportunity to strengthen his position.
The film was banned in Denmark. Instead it opened in Finland.
A Danish film about Olaf Fønss selling his soul to the devil.
The manufacturer Laroque stops at nothing when trying to destroy his enemies, and this time Fréderic Nessières, one of his competitors, is in the line of fire. With his diabolical, hypnotic power, Laroque has snared Nessières’s wife, Madeleine, in his evil web, and she will now do anything to help her husband’s enemy. But even though Laroque’s first plan to ruin Nessières fails, he does not give up. Once he has selected a victim, he will quite literally fight to the death to vanquish them. (stumfilm.dk)
Abrumado por problemas personales y profesionales, el biólogo Friedrich von Kammacher decide viajar al extranjero con el propósito de recuperar la alegría de vivir. Durante su accidentado viaje conocerá a dos mujeres muy diferentes, una de las cuales será la clave de su destino.
