Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her distinguished husband and embraces an affair with a young concert pianist, who falls short of her desire for lasting affection. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.
Nina Pens Rode
as Gertrud
Bendt Rothe
as Gustav Kanning
Ebbe Rode
as Gabriel Lidman
Baard Owe
as Erland Jansson
Axel Strøbye
as Axel Nygen
Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
as
Vera Gebuhr
as
Lars Knutzon
as
Anna Malberg
as Kanning's mother
Edouard Mielche
as
William Knoblauch
as
Valsø Holm
as
