
In Copenhagen, Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne) finds herself isolated, having believed her husband Peter perished in the Great War. Yet, he unexpectedly appeared, scarred and unrecognizable, which led her to reject him. Struggling financially, they lost their apartment, and she now resides in a rundown, leaky room rented from a stern landlady. Unplanned pregnancy, born of a brief moment of indulgence, cost Karoline her job at the textile factory. Now, with few options left, she contemplates using a knitting needle in a public bathhouse to inflict harm on herself as a desperate solution to her predicament.