A soldier steals a gun to win back his girl. The gun has other plans.
Martin deserts from the barracks with one of the army's pistols. He wants to go home to his girlfriend Sussie, who, however, has found someone else while he has been away. Martin is a lively and energetic guy, but he's rootless and provocative, and can't seem to settle down anywhere. He is on the run from the military and, more or less unconsciously, in the process of destroying himself. He doesn't really know what to do with the revolver, but he doesn't want to get rid of it, and only when he is hit by a shot from it does he realize what he has messed up.
Acting
Gert Günther's restless, magnetic performance of a man unraveling
Direction
Krag's claustrophobic Copenhagen, all alleys and dead ends
Director
Thomas Krag
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Denmark's 1970 military service protests, the film channels genuine anti-establishment anger through personal collapse rather than overt politics.
Gert Günther, a theater actor, made only three films; this was his final screen role before returning to stage, making his volatile presence here almost a ghost.
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