Em uma pequena aldeia, uma jovem madrasta se envolve com o filho de seu marido pastor, que está de volta ao vilarejo. Quando fica sabendo da relação, o pastor morre e, durante seu funeral, sua mãe acusa a jovem de bruxaria.
Hjalmar leads a double life; during the day, he is a clerk at his father’s bank while at night, he leads a notorious gang known as “Heldet” (Fortune) to pay for his prodigious womanising and gambling. When “Heldet” knocks over his own bank, Hjalmar distracts the guard while the rest of the gang cleans out the vault, then he calls the police to allay any suspicion. But master detective Gorki is on the case, and Hjalmar might not have been as careful as he thinks. (stumfilm.dk)