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BodilIpsenwasoneofDenmark’smostwell-knownactressesbeforemakingherdebutasafilmmaker.WithprolificfilmmakerLauLauritzenJr.,sheco-directedthefirstfilmnoirinDanishfilmhistoryduringtheGermanoccupation.ThegloomystoryunfoldsinmistystreetsandoppressiveinteriorsandcentersuponEsther,ayoungwomanfromagoodhometrappedinanunhappymarriage.Afterherfather,adoctor,discoversthatshehaslife-threateninganemia,EstherloseshermemoryandwandersthroughthenocturnalstreetsofCopenhagen,untiltheattractive,butuncannyJanusJensenleadsherintohisunderworldgang.OutstandingleadingactressIllonaWieselmannhadtofleetoSwedenshortlyafterthecompletionofthefilmbecauseofherJewishheritage.