A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.

Set in Copenhagen in 1964, a personal drama evolves as a young film director tries to make a film about aging film star Asta Nielsen.

The faux documentary broadcast surrounds the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his secret homosexual lover, Emil until the Prime Minister is assassinated. The film uses archival footage, actors, and computer effects to portray the assassination.