Arrow Films

Copenhagen 1949. When young, idealistic journalist Bjarne Madsen receives a tip-off about organised crime and black marketeering on a grand scale he decides to unravel the threads of the extensive network and work his way to the "Spider" himself. A highly esteemed crime reporter tries to dissuade him, but Bjarne is fearless-even when it transpires that there may be links from the Copenhagen underworld leading to the top echelons of the police force.