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.
Helga Nielsen
Otto Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Maja Nielsen
Hr. Carlsen
Fru Carlsen
Leif Nielsen
Vera Nielsen
Ras Nielsen
Olaf Clausen
The caretaker
Asta
Fru Rasmussen
Detective Møldrup
Ice seller
Bicycle dealer Thomsen
Kai
Rosa
Edith
Bent
Vilhelm
Nurse
Rosa's dance partner
Maja's dance partner
Maja's chef of Magasin