We meet the young violinist Øyvind Dahl at a time when everything has weighed him down and he is completely desperate for alcohol. He has left his wife and children and has teamed up with emaciated artists and suspicious individuals, and obtains his daily liquor by mortgaging his last possessions, even the wedding ring, and by pitifully barring money.

Lars Nordrum
Øyvind Dahl, fiolinist
Elisabeth Bang
Fru Dahl, fiolinisten kone
Svenn Jacobsen
Teddy, fiolinistens sønn
Ola Isene
Klaus, en uteligger

Harald Heide Steen
Direktør Stavik

Ingeborg Cook
Fru direktør Stavik

Thor Hjorth-Jenssen
Maleren Urban Gran
Aasta Voss
Fru Arbin

Andreas Diesen
Helge Essmar
Kristin Evensen
En venninne

Dan Fosse
Synnøve Gleditsch
Jenny
Vegard Hall
En gjest

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
Barbaren