The strong willed independent Juliane Jensen has been married to her husband Otto for five years after her previous husband Simon took his own life due to a severe depression. The Blacksmith Otto fights in the new union for better conditions for the common worker. There are forbidden erotic thoughts in almost every small ally and Juliane has to give her best to keep her two oldest children's sexual curiosity under control. While Juliane has two sisters who sternly rejects every romantic approach by men, Juliane herself often announces a new pregnancy. But the fight for true love in the conflict ridden par of Copenhagen called Christianshavn is soon put to the test by dramatic events....