El ginecólogo David Erneman y su mujer Marianne llevan quince años casados. Un verano, David tiene una aventura. Marianne, desesperada, huye de Copenhague para reanudar la relación con su ex-novio, Carl Adam. David, celoso y hastiado de su amante, sólo desea una cosa: reconquistar a su esposa. Los dos vuelven a reencontrarse en el tren que va hacia Copenhague y rememoran las escenas de su vida en común.
Major Grasser at Sjögårda manor considers selling the estate but his twin daughters Brita and Stina have other plans.
Sonja, Bigge's fiancée
Ulla and Gunnar meet and fall in love in Stockholm in the late 1930s. Early in their relationship Ulla discovers that she is pregnant but she decides to get an abortion because she doesn't want to pressure Gunnar into marrying her. The outbreak of the war puts a strain on their relationship when Gunnar gets called up for military service.
A cynical woman with a disfigured face—a hardened criminal—gets an opportunity to change her ways when she meets a sympathetic plastic surgeon. She leaves her old life behind, but soon her old friends catch up with her.
