Sven Nilsson has a wife and a little child. One day the child gets very sick and Sven has to find a doctor.

The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.

Musician Gaston Brenner gets accepted to study under piano virtuoso Jean Krause. Through this he becomes acquainted with the painter and professor Mac Steep who is working on a painting of Christ at the last supper. He thinks Gaston's face would be perfect as a model for Christ's.