An unspecified European country ca 1912 in the throws of political upheaval. A man only dressed in black (Jacob, played by Philip Zandén) is hired to assassinate the Interior Minister Joel Birkman (Etienne Glaser) after a particular brutal strike down of a student protest. He takes up work as the minister's bodyguard at his summer residence, and get's entangled in the affairs and politics of the Birkman family.
as Jacob
as Joel Birkman, Home Secretary
as Livia Birkman, his wife
as Welja, his son
as Katja, his daughter
as Jessica, his daughter
as Hanna
as Maria Demodov
as Ivar
as Police minister
as Konstantin
as Secretary