Factory worker Otto Nielsen and his wife Helga live in a 2-room apartment in a sad Copenhagen suburbs district, where the S-trains still bumble by, but of course, such things can be used to. They have five children and it is often difficult to meet daily expenses. Nielsen has bought a building site outside the city, it is his dream to once again be able to exchange the narrow apartment with his own house.

Sigrid Horne-Rasmussenas Helga Nielsen
Carl Hegeras Otto Nielsen
Frode Arne Pedersenas Erik Nielsen
Annie Birgit Gardeas Maja Nielsen
Asbjørn Andersenas Hr. Carlsen
Inge-Lise Grueas Fru Carlsen
Niels Jeppe Overgaardas Leif Nielsen
Michael Bartroffas Olaf Clausen