Bodil Ipsen was one of Denmark’s most well-known actresses before making her debut as a filmmaker. With prolific filmmaker Lau Lauritzen Jr., she co-directed the first film noir in Danish film history during the German occupation. The gloomy story unfolds in misty streets and oppressive interiors and centers upon Esther, a young woman from a good home trapped in an unhappy marriage. After her father, a doctor, discovers that she has life-threatening anemia, Esther loses her memory and wanders through the nocturnal streets of Copenhagen, until the attractive, but uncanny Janus Jensen leads her into his underworld gang. Outstanding leading actress Illona Wieselmann had to flee to Sweden shortly after the completion of the film because of her Jewish heritage.