Jens Larsen has worked hard to become a wealthy man in America, and when he travels home to visit Denmark, the people he meets are extremely acommodating. A little too acommodating, as it turns out. The only surviving film of the Danish series about the world famous detective Sherlock Holmes that ran between 1908-1911.

A monk who cherishes a secret passion for a young lady sees her receive an admirer in secret and tells her father. The father declares that he will place the girl in a convent. This is just what the crafty priest wants.

1911 film by August Blom

On her way to her aunt's house, motherless young Edith is kidnapped by a white slave trader and put in a brothel. Luckily Mr. Faith, Edith's travel acquaintance, senses that something is wrong.

Young Ruth goes against her father's will and leaves to live with engineer Edvin Holm. Their life together will prove difficult.

Shoemaker Andersson has earned himself a minor fortune and is determined to give his children Fritz and Anna anything they want. But they don’t know to appreciate their dad, and begin to feel ashamed of his simple work while taking his money for granted.