At their 25th high-school anniversary some bourgeois citizens remember their time in school as a happy one. In reality it was quite the contrary. The school was a madhouse in which the teachers, especially Blomme, tormented the students. As a result one of them became a murderer.

Jørgen是一个和蔼勤恳的中年男人，耐心等待着有迹象表明即将到来的晋升。一天，他被上司叫去——他平静的告诉Jørgen那个职位已经完全被取消。受此打击后不久，他代同事掌管的共同彩票赢得了几百万的大奖。于是他做了一个重大决定：他和老婆将对此沉默，自己把钱留下。因为他觉得这是他们应得的，而其它无用之人几乎都不值得拥有。一夜间，Jørgen的人格完全改变，为了保住奖金的秘密，他陷进了一个个最可耻的谎言中，牵引出许多尴尬的境遇。

PUK SCHARBAU plays Lise Nørgaard in the epic film adaptation of her fascinating life story. In a chronicle of both love and war, masterfully directed by Peter Schroeder, we follow the woman who would later give us 'Matador', from her early childhood to her controversial career as a journalist with a Denmark of yesterday, and a Europe in flames as convincing backdrop.