In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
Per Oscarsson
Gunnel Lindblom
Birgitte Federspiel
Knud Rex
Hans W. Petersen
Henki Kolstad
Roy Bjørnstad
Sverre Hansen
Pål Skjønberg
Else Heiberg
Lise Fjeldstad
Carl Ottosen
Osvald Helmuth
Bjarne Andersen
Wilfred Breistrand