Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius

When Kerstin Norback is shot and gravely wounded by her lover, the trial causes a public scandal, forcing her to move to Stockholm under an assumed name. There she befriends a group of women and attempts to rebuild her life.

An extremely kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) of Stockholm helps out "clients" in difficulty by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays in the evenings at a restaurant for a l...