MONOPOLY
Mr. Andersen's funeral is dominated by Oscar who wants to know more -
- about his uncle's death before the seperate estate was annulled.
The peace message turns the wake into a celebration. Old friends return.
Kristen and Elisabeth display their feelings for the first time.
Mads is worried about Ellen.
Her father-in-law has collaborated with the Germans and is going to jail.
Mads fetches his daughter, installs her in Korsbæk, -
- and offers her husband a job at his company on Mads's terms.
ln the days of reckoning after the liberation -
- the bicycle repairman has Skjold Hansen taken away -
- along with collaborators and traitors.
The shock of his capture leads to a complete change of character.
Skjold Hansen is as timid as a mouse and doesn't care about his business.
Stein returns to the bank.
Red returns to work for the Party and finds his wife and his home changed.
Miss Jørgensen, the former head sales lady at Arnesen's -
- who went on to be exploited by Mrs. Violet, now works for Agnes.
The Varnæs's have come to inherit the German soldiers' dog.
To Maude's terror, Misse reveals how she guarded her virtue -
- by pacifying her husband to death.
Daniel comes home with a friend, a British wing commander.
Bored with her marriage to Mogens, Ellen throws herself at him.
ALL'S WELL
WINTER 1945-46
A beer, please. Hello.
- Is Boldt in jail again? - Mr. Boldt is in his room.
- You call that a room? - He's got a room upstairs now.
- I suppose we all move up in life. - I wouldn't call it that.
- Who is she anyway? - The new landlady.
- They say Boldt wants to marry her. - I don't think he has much choice.
- He must have gone mad in jail. - She's got money.
That's what the pursuit of filthy lucre will do to people!
- I thought you'd be here. - We don't have dinner till six.
You mustn't risk coming home before dinner's on the table. But it isn't.
I've been too busy. I'm not allowed to alter our flat.
- No, that's the law. - But l need it for my business.
- Many people need a place to live. - And many need my services, too.
And I have bought the house and l've put in central heating ...
- Coffee, please. - You've got the sailor's flat too.
- For the time being. - I sublet it to myself. Silly, isn't it?
I've come home to five rooms and a bathroom and a harem upstairs.
- Don't talk about my ladies like that! - Don't you respect working people?
- That remark hit home. - We must be kind to Red.
- He thought he'd win the election. - We won 18 seats!
And a liberal prime minister. Because you swiped Social Democratic votes.
We'll be bigger than the Social Democrats one day.
ls that what they've hired you to do?
There you are.
- ls that for me? - No, for your wife. From America.
Hello, Lauritz.
Will we see you at the board meeting?
Don't you think they can manage without me?
I'm taking Siri, our Finnish girl, for a walk. Say hello to Mr. Stein.
Hello, dear. Here.
We'll soon teach you to speak Danish so you can go to school.
There you see what a stroke can lead to ...
Mr. Skjold Hansen wants to retire at the end of the financial year.
It seems like a reasonable decision, -
- and we've got plenty of time to find a replacement.
You've proposed someone. l might as well pass on Mr. Strøm's proposal -
- that Jørgen Varnæs joins the board again.
- Well, he does live in the town now. - And he's a lawyer.
I'd like to see him back, but l want to emphasize that it's not my idea.
No, you're an unbiased bank manager and we respect you for it.
- Are we agreed on the proposal? - Yes, but there's no hurry.
So if you gentlemen don't mind, l'd like to talk with Jørgen Varnæs first.
Right, that's agreed then, that the matter's at a preparatory stage.
That's all. We can have lunch now.
Pax was afraid you'd forgotten him. Thanks.
No, give me your paw first.
Good dog.
One more?
Madam doesn't like it lying in the chairs.
- We know that, right, Pax? - Madam can be back any minute.
- Where is she anyway? - In Copenhagen for a ... matinée.
- It's charity. - For Norway?
No, that was last week, and next week it's Finland.
- No, this is for the hungry in Paris. - l'll have to go hungry then.
You should've come. We saw all the latest things from Paris.
- I hope you kept your eyes peeled? - Daniel did a lot of sketches.
- So you can get some ideas. - I got some for myself, too.
- Where did you get that? - Palm, the court furrier's.
- Didn't you get one? - No, thank you very much.
They remind me of smoked eels.
- Would you like a drink, Carl? - l'll have one, too.
- Aren't you going home to Mogens? - No, he's dining out.
Did Daniel talk about business school?
- He was busy drawing. - And attending to Mrs. Varnæs.
Nonsense. He just said hello.
She was with Mr. Jørn. He makes her dresses.
- He's made some for me, too. - I bet he has.
- Daniel wanted to be introduced. - He's not going to make his clothes?
- Have you had anything to eat? - I was waiting for you.
- We're full of French delicacies. - l thought it was charity.
The rich eat to get food for the poor.
- I hope you haven't been waiting. - I don't mind.
You should have seen the clothes! I felt like a country yokel.
- Can we eat now? - Just some soup for me.
- I ordered an evening dress. - You'll need it.
- Are we going out? - No, we're having a party.
But we just did.
- We have to invite the chairman. - The Jessens? Oh no, not again.
- He wants to meet Jørgen. - His wife does seem rather rustic.
She is. She's an Antonsen from Sea View Farm at Molefield.
Isn't that where the Skjold Hansens moved to?
They rent it from Mads Skjern. He bought it one year ago.
Actually, Jørgen bought it first and then he sold it to Skjern.
I met Daniel Skjern at the matinée and l introduced him to Mr. Jørn.
I've never had the honor, I just pay the bills.
You're not interested in fashion. But Daniel's really got talent.
He'd caught much more of the show than Jørn. His sketches were great!
His father's factory can use them.
I'm not so sure ... Mr. Jørn was very interested in them.
- Did Herbert send you all that? - It's for all of us.
The letter's for you too. I can tell, even if it's in German.
Will you read it, Vicki?
''Dear Katrine and Larsen, Vicki, Agnes and Lauritz.''
''For the time being a letter from Los Angeles where l've settled -
- among people who share my beliefs until I can set foot in Europe again.''
''l've had you in my thoughts throughout the war -
- and often dreamed l was back in the sanctuary you gave me.''
''Are you all still there?''
''That Katrine is where she was is to me the safest thought of all.''
''l couldn't bear it if she wasn't, so l address this modest parcel to her.''
''lt's for all of you to share.''
''l hope you haven't forgotten me. I send you my best wishes, Herbert.''
That's all.
Not a word about politics. He must know what it was all about by now.
- The rest of us haven't found out. - Some things have been sorted out.
l'd like a really good talk with Herbert.
To hear his opinion about the atomic bomb and the death penalty?
- They're the ones they call nylons. - I mended a pair of Mrs. Varnæs's.
- You and Vicki can have them. - What about Ingeborg and Ellen?
They get them through Mads's connections in Sweden.
- At least we have his address now. - Yes, in case you pass by.
You're a kind of travelling secretary now, aren't you, Red?
I think l've got a cigar ...
Mrs. Jessen, won't you sit here?
- A Grand Marnier? - I only drink cream of cocoa.
Maybe we've got one, but it's Danish.
- Have we got any cream of cocoa? - Well, yes, Ulrik's home brew.
- But nobody would want that. - Mrs. Jessen would.
I can imagine that! Mrs. Svendsen says she complained about the food.
She wanted cabbage with the duck, but madam wanted it with oranges.
- I just do as l'm told. - Never mind Mrs. Jessen.
- She didn't go hungry. - Not judging from the look of her.
She puts on airs. l went to school with her.
She never got over the fact she's from a farm with three chimneys.
- It tastes horrible. - I'll warn her.
l hope she chokes on it.
- Does anyone want a cake? - I'm full after that lovely dinner.
Yes, please. l always get such indigestion if I don't get a sweet.
- Mother had a sweet tooth too. - Yes, and your late husband.
Frederik, yes, him too ...
I eat sweet things because l need to. Doctor Hansen can bear me out.
When you advised me to stop eating sweet things, I almost died -
- on Boxing Day two years ago.
But you didn't, Mrs. Jessen.
- My stomach was like a stone! - How awful ...
We know these things best ourselves. Now l stick to the healer at Brydelev.
He's in favor of sweet things. He cured mother's rash too, -
- with buttermilk!
May l? I still need a little. l always feel like this after eating duck.
Has the mayor talked to you ... about mother's monument?
- Yes, it's a matter for the mayor. - He thinks it's a matter for the bank.
- For the bank? - That's where she fell, for Denmark.
From what I've heard she sat down to the bitter end.
Mother was so upright, Mr. Jessen.
What did you have in mind, Misse?
The young man they shot -
- got a plaque just opposite my house.
And he'll get his portrait in the District Bank.
He worked there.
You might give mother a bust then.
Father never got his bust ... Thanks to them.
You've been proposed for the board.
But there's a matter I'd like to clear up before we nominate you.
- It's to do with Sea View Farm. - I only owned it for a fortnight.
I know all that. l'd like to know what you paid my wife's brother for it.
- You can read that in the register. - I know that sum.
And also that Mads Skjern paid you 10,000 more two weeks later.
l don't understand ..?
How much did my brother-in-law get under the table?
- I'm not stupid, you know. - No, but why do you ask me?
- Sofie, my wife, owned half the farm. - So she got half of the selling price.
I wonder ... When the mortgages were deducted, she got 20,000.
It's some time ago, but that sounds right.
Does it? Any idiot knows that farm was worth much more.
- Skjern will earn a fortune on it. - That's not my business.
l'm not trying to get you into trouble.
I don't blame people for hiding money from the tax authorities.
But l don't like people cheating me or my wife.
- Why don't you talk to Antonsen? - He'll cheat Sofie if he can.
- Do you really think so? - I know it.
- And that's going to harm me? - lt's got to be sorted out ...
... if l'm going to nominate you for the board of Korsbæk Bank.
And what did you say?
That l didn't know what he was getting at.
- And you're a lawyer! - Yes. What do you mean?
You should've taken the offensive.
Refused to discuss on a slanderous basis.
Antonsen's motives came as rather a shock to me.
I thought he was cheating the usual way, with his property tax.
- But he was cheating his sister. - We don't know anything about that.
What did Antonsen do with the money?.
There's been an exchange of money and the one-off levy.
Listen. Antonsen got 60,000 for the farm from you, -
- and you got 70,000 from me. And that was the deal.
Remember that, for your own sake.
It's a question of my chance to return to the board of Korsbæk Bank.
Do you intend to buy Skjold Hansen's practice?
Yes, l suppose he'll sell sooner or later. But l'm very busy right now.
Yes, l see you're deputy prosecuting counsel in the treason cases.
But when the matter of Skjold Hansen's practice comes up ...
We could discuss it. l expect he'll want quite a bit for it.
Goodbye.
Will you have time to finish the deeds from the Sea View Farm plots?
I'll work evenings, if necessary.
We, from the board and management and you, his friends and colleagues -
- are joined in the memory of this young employee -
- who gave his life for what he believed in.
Poul Christensen, senior bank clerk. Born January 4, 1916.
Killed by German bullets on April 2, 1945.
The thanks we owe him we pass on to the members of his group.
Let us pay tribute to the memory of Poul Christensen.
Fight for all that you hold dear
die if need be
then life is not so hard
and nor is death.
This is our new senior clerk, Arne Smidt.
- I thought you were new. - Yes, l came this morning.
Welcome. The staff's still growing. I must say hello to my lodgers too.
- Have you got a boarding house? - Only in times of war.
- It's just that l'm looking for a place. - But not a hayloft, l suppose?
l wonder what Katrine did with those men? Women are unruly nowadays!
Excuse my asking ... What was he like? How did it happen?
- Did l say something wrong? - No, why?
I just put my foot in it. l asked the chairman if he had a boarding house.
- The Baron owns Brydesø Castle. - He didn't invite me home.
- Where do you live? - At Clausen's boarding house.
I could put in a word for you at dinner.
- That's a bad idea. - That's when Mrs. Clausen's there.
But you won't be. l've been watching you, thinking you'd bring me luck.
- What do you mean? - Dine with me at the Post House.
- That's where l live for now. - Pretty stylish.
The boss recommended it.
- You'll come, won't you? - I'm not sure ...
Come on. Then you can tell me about the living and the dead.
- Did l say something wrong again? - No. l'd like to come.
Mrs. Møhge, dead in the spring of 1942 after confronting the enemy
Please. Thank you, Miss Mortensen. Now we got her on the wall.
- The daughter was pleased. - Mrs. Møhge Andersen.
It doesn't hurt us.
Well, you can't see the picture from your chair.
We're used to the lady's face from when she was alive.
Subtle idea to do it while they were commemorating the resistance man.
That was Misse's idea, and the dead don't protest.
l talked to the chairman. What's this business with Sea View Farm?
It's an idea of his that his wife's brother has cheated her.
- Has he? - No idea. She doesn't look destitute.
Did you give Antonsen money under the table?
Where would l get that kind of money? Don't you get started too!
You'd better ask Jessen if he knows the laws about slander!
Why don't you look at Antonsen's account?
- Jessen already tried. - What did he find out?
That Antonsen had moved his accounts to the District Bank.
Jørgen ... It was easy for you to ask that question.
You knew about Antonsen's account.
You can't fool me anymore.
Why this interest in Antonsen's account?
I want to see what he did with the money from Sea View Farm.
It's not mentioned. It hasn't come into the bank.
They say he bought property in Fakse.
- Probably very cheaply. - What do we know about that?
Some people traded that way in those days. l think you know what l mean.
- I didn't buy the farm from Antonsen. - You bought it from Jørgen Varnæs.
- Didn't he buy it at your request? - What are you implying?
Rumor has it that Antonsen has cheated his sister, Mrs. Jessen.
- Is local gossip our business? - Not mine. Yours perhaps.
I take that sort of thing for what it is. So should you.
Something else is bothering me.
You don't think l can put two and two together.
- Are all the trimmings finished? - Not quite.
- But they had to go home and cook. - l'll come back tonight.
- You'd think she was married too. - She looks after Mrs. Violet's house.
Last night she sat here till 12 o'clock. Mrs. Rumm will come back, too.
- Yes, while hubby plays pool. - That's how men are.
Sometimes l think it's a good thing Lauritz is only home on weekends.
- Is that a way to be married? - One way's as good as the other.
lf they've just got to be fed and then wander off, what good are they?
- We've gotten used to them. - Perhaps that's what's wrong.
- She's not very fast, Miss Jørgensen. - She gets tired. l'm not surprised.
lf l'd known, l wouldn't have asked, at the bank.
How were you to know? Nobody talks about it.
Isn't that strange?
It's my own fault. This is the first time l've talked about it myself.
I hope I haven't upset you by bringing it up again.
It's been nice talking to someone who didn't know anything about it.
All the others just made it come nearer when they asked.
This afternoon when the picture was hung up l thought ...
That l wouldn't be able to sit there anymore. But now ...
- Now? - I think it's all right.
- So l haven't been too tiresome? - No, I'm glad l came.
Hello there!
- This is our new senior clerk. - Arne Smidt.
It's a good thing someone can cheer you up ...
- This is Violet Vinter, my aunt. - Won't you join us?
No, thank you, I'm with the gentleman over there.
But do come and see me soon. Maybe you'll feel like dancing again!
With the young man ...
- I thought something had happened. - Happened?
Since you didn't come home. I waited with dinner.
Oh, you eat. I've eaten already.
- I ran into Mr. Sand, the salesman. - But l made meatballs.
- We'll eat them tomorrow. - Yes, if you feel like coming home.
- I have my freedom, lnger. - Yes, to treat me as you please.
- You live here, you get your food. - And you get your money, Violet.
That gives you no right to decide if l can dine with an old friend or not.
- You might have phoned. - Then you'd have been cross too.
No, l could've stayed at Mrs. Jensen's and done my work.
Let me tell you something, Inger. I'm not going to suffer -
- because you spend all night working at Mrs. Jensen's.
- That's my business. - Not if you're tired and grumpy.
Then it's my business too that Mrs. Jensen takes advantage of you.
- She doesn't take advantage of me! - Oh? Perhaps it's a man then?
The jaundiced eye sees all things yellow.
Just because you run around with men and bring them here at night.
My life isn't over, like some people's. Keep your envy to yourself, lnger.
Envy? l'd rather die! Lying about your age, dolling yourself up like a slut!
- Oh, shut up. Where are you going? - It's none of your business.
- After all I've done for you. - You won't have to anymore!
They should be finished. The ladies worked late.
Here. l'll send the invoice later.
Miss Jørgensen, why are you sitting here? Did you work that late?
Come down and have some coffee. The boys are off at school.
Come in.
- I said l had to bring an invoice. - You're always welcome.
- Have a seat. - Thank you.
You're so good at sorting things out. With all the regulations there are ...
Yes, it can be hard to keep up to date with all the red tape.
- lt's about our old flat. - Oh, where the women work?
Yes, the council wants me to let it.
- We live in the big flat now. - That's the way things are.
What if l've got someone living there?
That's a different matter, if that person can be approved.
You must think l'm cheeky ...
- That depends on what you ask me. - You know the mayor, they say ...
- I do, what about it? - Can you help me get her approved?
- Who are we talking about? - Inger Jørgensen.
She's been living with Violet Vinter. The poor thing has nowhere to live.
- And you're a kind person? - l don't know about that ...
If she gets the flat, she'll have one room and let the other room to me.
- Oh, that's the idea. - Yes, if you can help me.
Well, we must do what we can to keep production going.
- You can do anything. - You're not exactly stupid yourself.
Where ever did you get the idea of going to Hamburg?
Hundreds of other girls do it.
Because they can't think of anything else to do, but l pay for your studies.
- Hamburg of all places. lt's in ruins! - Yes, where the Germans live.
I'll get a roof over my head. They'll look after us, and the money's good.
- For reading other people's letters? - The Germans' letters.
Unfortunately, you're too old for us to stop you.
Hello, Pax. Let's see if Laura has something for you.
- Why's madam upset now? - Because l'm going to Hamburg.
- They say it's all rubble. - I'm going to be a censor.
You? Isn't it to do with films?
It's to do with reading the letters the Germans get and the ones they send.
- Is that a job? - It'll be an experience.
The girls down there say they have a lot of fun.
Your poor parents.
They'll forget all about that when Ulrik comes.
- Is he dropping his studies as well? - No, he's bringing a girl.
She's awful. He picked her up at ''The Cannibal''.
This is the first time since Christmas the family's together.
And now it will be scattered again. I suppose you know about Regitze?
Yes, we haven't any secrets from each other, do we, Ulrik?
What a nice house you have.
- Have you known each other long? - Wasn't it in November we met?
- You didn't mention it at Christmas. - It wasn't like that ... then.
- And l had to go home. - Where do your parents live?
At Oringe.
- Oringe? Isn't that where ..? - Yes, where they keep the lunatics.
- My dad's a male nurse. - I see. And what do you study?
Me? l don't study anything.
I thought ... didn't you and Ulrik meet at ''The Cannibal''?
- Who's that? - Somebody who eats other people.
lt's where the students get their grub.
Yes, the rest of us have tried. You have been spared.
I'm not keen on eating there either, l see how it's made. l'm a waitress.
- Earning money for your education? - Yes, in a way. Right, Ulrik?
- Yes, Maja takes typing classes. - That's extremely useful.
What would the rest of us do without typists? l'm hopeless at it myself.
- We believe you. - I think we can leave the table.
- We've finished. - So soon? Do they want coffee?
- No, Mom's lying down. - And the others?
Dad's taking Pax for a walk, and Ulrik's doing a tour of the town.
Ellen!
Wait here.
- Ellen, how are you? - lt all depends ...
- Do you live here permanently now? - l don't know about that.
Copenhagen isn't far away. And you?
- I'm still studying. - That's the thing to do.
You look as if you're managing without it.
- Is it someone you know? - Yes. Ellen, can't we meet?
- Where are you going? - To tea at my parents'.
Later, then. l can stay till tomorrow.
Ulrik, it's so cold standing still.
If you're cold, let's go in.
- Who was she? - A friend from school.
- Her husband must be well off. - I think her dad gave her that coat.
- Hello, Daniel. lt's freezing cold. - It sure is.
- Have you told him? - We decided to wait for you.
Like oil on troubled waters.
Did you bring Mogens?
- No, he's riding. - Does he have time for that?
I'm freezing. I stood still for a minute and my toes are numb.
- I met Ulrik Varnæs, with a girl. - Yes, we came on the same train.
- Do you mix with the dean now? - Fate's caught up with us.
Your father's celebrating his ten years on the Parish Council.
- And now you're fed up with it. - New talents must take over.
- I'm retiring with full honors. - Are you hiring a brass band?
No, l'm paying for the restoration of the altar piece.
- Immortalizing yourself? - Just so people remember my name.
- Daniel might be famous too. - Don't ...
We'll see. I think Daniel should tell you himself.
Tell me what?
I don't go to business school any longer.
Since January 1st ...
- He's been dressmaking for Mr. Jørn. - What?
It was a great opportunity to learn haute couture.
- I don't need haute couture. - Must your needs always dictate?
Skjern's Stores aim at ready-to-wear clothing.
Maybe Daniel doesn't aim at Skjern's Stores.
Then what is he aiming at?
I've built up a flourishing business for the sake of you and Ellen and Erik!
lt's good of you, father, but you've always said l'm not suited for it.
- If Daniel has another talent ... - For embroidering with a pansy?
- Oh, stop it! - You've known all along.
The way you behave when you don't get your own way, -
- it's no surprise Daniel wouldn't tell you.
You've always spoilt that boy. You're just as irresponsible as he is!
Don't talk to mother that way. She's the best one of you two.
And now he's crying, like a woman.
That's what comes of being tied to his mother's apron strings.
Just let him cool off, then l'll go into the lion's den.
I'm sorry you heard all that.
You're all right, Dad. But you don't want Daniel to disappear, do you?
- Will he think better of it? - Let him do what he wants for once.
- To what use? Can you tell me? - Yes.
He wants to show you he's good at something. He was useless at school.
Now he can show you something he's good at. You're good at everything.
Everybody sucks up to you and calls you a modern businessman.
- There's just one thing about you ... - What's that?
You're also hopelessly old-fashioned.
- I'm sorry. For your sake. - Don't be. l'm all right.
Otherwise I wouldn't stay here.
The lion's been tamed. He'll be in in a while.
- Did you get him calmed down? - Yes. He even lent me his car keys.
Chin up, Daniel.
- Are you worried about me? - I'm more worried about your sister.
- That one hasn't been drunk. - It's Ulrik's. You can take it.
- ls he in his room? - No, he's gone out.
I expect he'll be back.
- Didn't he say where he was going? - No, he just said he'd take a walk.
- He probably needed some fresh air. - l think it's an odd way to behave.
Hans Christian. Here we are, and ...
Yes, maybe we could play something. What do you play, Maja?
- I just know how to play Black Man. - Then let's play Black Man.
Count me out. l'm taking the 10:05 back to Copenhagen.
We have to catch that train, too. I have to go to work tomorrow.
Have you been waiting? I cycled out here.
I got a lift. From my husband, and then he borrowed the car in return.
- l'll get a taxi back. - I haven't had coffee, have you?
Two coffees and a brandy and a liqueur. This must be celebrated.
Oh, here's someone else who doesn't eat at home.
Coffee, please.
- What are you having? - Rotgut.
- Are you having a night off? - Yes.
- Where's Ellen? - I dropped her off at the Pavilion.
She had to meet someone. But l've got the company car.
- Is it full up? - Yes.
Then skip your coffee and let's leave this dump.
- We can't go to the Pavilion. - You've got memories from there.
Let's concentrate on the future. How about the Old Mill in Roskilde?
- Is it any fun? - It will be when we arrive.
Can l have the bill, please?
- She got the Black Man! - You're not supposed to say.
- Now l'll take one from you, Maja. - I keep getting it.
- Are you coming? - I might as well.
- lsn't Ulrik going too? - No. It's bedtime for you.
We'll have to hurry.
Goodbye, Regitze, and Maja. Have a safe journey home.
- If you're also unhappy, it's simple. - It isn't. Daddy set us up here.
- But you don't want to stay here. - No.
- We've still got time, Ellen. - Do you think so?
- More coffee? - No thank you. l'll call a cab.
- Let's walk for a bit. - In this cold?
- Just for a while. The bill, please. - What about your guest?
- Aren't we going to do the end bit? - No, it's so difficult and it's late.
But we've got time for supper. Mrs. Olsen's dished it all up.
- Iben! - They said Dr. Hansen was here.
- What's happened? Louis! - We ran into a tree.
- What on earth's happened to you? - Why didn't you go to the hospital?
We wanted to keep it quiet. We'd been out on the town.
- Who was driving? - l was.
We got off lightly. The car's a write-off.
lt's just a few stitches, Jenny.
- Dad, have you got a minute? - Yes.
At least l have the time to tell you that your behavior last night was ...
Indescribable ... After all you have done. l'm speechless.
- I know. - The poor girl was at her wit's end.
Your mother was shaken already ...
- Don't you have anything to say? - It's a hell of a mess.
- No need to tell me that. - I need you to lend me 500 kroner.
- For what? - I'd rather not tell you.
- Is it a prize for your behavior? - Please stop it.
- It's all so terrible. - Are you in debt, too?
It's worse. She's pregnant. Maja.
But there's a doctor. It costs 500 kroner.
You can't do that! You can't simply buy your way out.
I'm not like that. At first l thought it would be all right if l married her ...
But now ... Now l can't bear the thought.
- You're going to have to. - You'll get the money back.
- It's not because of the money. - Why should you care?
- I most definitely do. - What about Mother?
- What will she say? - I think she'll agree with me.
- Don't you think of me at all? - Yes l do, Ulrik.
- So why won't you help me? - Because ...
- You won't be able to live with it. - What do you know about that?
l just know, son. Believe me.
Running away from your responsibilities costs far too much.
Excuse me, but l thought I should come directly to you.
They're removing the car now.
- What car? - Yours.
E 4968. A navy-blue Morris crashed into a tree in Brydeskov Wood.
- When? - Last night. There was blood.
Can it have been stolen?
Excuse me. 1623, please.
Ellen, thank God. l thought ...
The car. You were not in it?
That's his business. Tell him l want to speak to him.
I thought something might have happened to my daughter.
- Was she ..? - No, it was my son-in-law.
- He was not hurt, I hope? - He broke his left arm.
- The road was covered in snow. - We'll want to speak to him.
l'll see to that.
He wanted me to tell you. He thought you would be shocked.
Yes, l suppose he did. This sort of thing never happened in our family.
- Should I have given him the money? - No, that would only make it worse.
- I tried to make him understand. - Did he?
No, but he will some day.
Poor Hans Christian.
- So there you are. - Climbed on the furniture, eh, Pax?
Hypocrite. l know he lies there when I'm not at home.
Just stay there. Everything's falling apart anyway.
This is your last chance.
And if l ever see or hear that you've been to bars with other women, -
- I'll break off relations with you. I won't pay for your sprees -
- or have my daughter's name tarnished. That'll be all.
- Is Mogens staying for lunch? - No, he's going to the factory.
- How was his arm? - I didn't ask.
He's only human.
Come and have a look.
I've been given a knighthood. Things are going well.