Victor Lundberg

Tant is the ruthless ruler of the house and its lodgers.

Adjutant general Axel Roos is selected by King Charles XII to deliver a message to the court from the army in Bender, current day Moldova. His ride will take him straight through hostile Europe, where both Russians and Poles have interests in capturing him.

Office clerk Margit suspects that the senior accountant is embezzling money from the company. Now the auditors are on their way to check the bookkeeping. It seems that the senior accountant isn't the only embezzler in the town, even the chief of police is a member of the Embezzler's Club. Margit decides to help the senior accountant.

Stock market tycoon Mr. Fargan has a passion for Rembrandt paintings, and when he receives a tip that Count Vinding is in possession of one, he decides that it must be his. But the Count refuse to sell.