A woman's face

The film is shown in flashbacks in the course of a trial in which a young woman with a half-hidden face, Anna Holm, is charged with murder. The events, as described by the witnesses, begin years before when aristocrat Torsten Barring hosts a party at a tavern. When the tavern refuses to extend his credit, Anna meets the proprietress Anna — whose face is badly scarred from a fire 22 years ago caused by her father. Anna is leader of a gang of blackmailers. She becomes fond of the kindly Consul and his sweet-natured grandson, Lars-Erik.