A wave of violent demonstrations paralyzes a small society. At the same time a cynical group works in the shadows and uses the chaos as a smokescreen for a coup d’état.
The Market of the Unknowns is a burlesque and socially critical tale of a flea market in Oslo, which is organized for the benefit of slum dwellers in Lima. Based a on novel by Åge Rønning.
Fru Rønne
Petter and Kari meet, fall in love, and get married. But it's not easy for a young couple of limited means to find a place to live. Moving in with Petter's parents proves impossible, Kari can't endure her mother-in-law's constant interference. Trying to build a house of their own is halted by so much red tape, and affordable rentals is hard to come by. When Kari gets pregnant things doesn't get any easier.
En Sekretær
General director Strøm will create a large Norwegian industrial company to tame waterfalls and put them in pipes. But also his wife Sylvia, the gifted pianist, must be tamed. However, Strøm discovers that human material is considerably more difficult to process than the forces of nature.
Fru Clara Løvdahl
Based on the novel by Alexander Kielland.
Edith
About two swindlers who try to steal the property of a wealthy banker who has just died.