Director Peter Engel, called "Peter the Great" by his friends, is a very spoiled and spoiled young man. His mother, the general's wife, lives and breathes only for her son after her husband's death, but she is also a woman with a very determined will, and behind her flabby manner Peter has great respect for her. Every Wednesday evening Magda comes to visit Peter in his elegant bachelor apartment on Bredgade. She is a sweet and fresh young girl who lives with her father. Magda loves Peter with all her heart, which is why it hurts her that she is only his Wednesday friend.
 Peter Malberg
Balder Svanemose - plattenslager
 Maria Garland
Fru Engel - Generalinden - direktørens mor
 Bodil Kjer
Magda Hansen
 Johannes Meyer
Magdas far
 Ib Schønberg
Møller - tjener for direktøren
 Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
Peter Engel - Peter den store - direktør
 Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
Andersen - slagter
 Knud Heglund
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