Frederik Larsen (Lau Lauritzen Jr.), a sailor and has sailed since he was 15. Now he has lost the desire for a sailor life, especially after his best friend Bob was lost in a hurricane. When his ship docks at Copenhagen, shortly before Christmas, he signs off with all his hire on the pocket. He seeks accommodations in sailor home Bertel, located on the nice side of Nyhavn. Here he can stay and eat for very little money. He delivers his kitbag to the concierge Henrik (Mogens Hermansen) before he was lured by accordion music and the laughter that comes to him from the "naughty" side of Nyhavn. In the Cafe "The black sails", he accidently joins Inger (Lisbeth Movin) at the same table, whose profession is not in the phone book, although it is the world's oldest. Inger is in the company of an unemployed stoker Vladimir W. Olsen (Poul Reichhardt) that is full of scams, and has a good mood.
Poul Reichhardt
Vladimir W. Olsen
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Frederik Larsen
Jørn Jeppesen
Pastor Poulsen
Knud Heglund
Hr. Jespersen
Paul Hagen
Værtshusgæst
Emil Hass Christensen
Politiassistenten
Ib Schønberg
Bach / 'Beethoven'
Carl Ottosen
Herman
