Rich, cheeky, and distinguished. Benevolent and restrained. Humorous and sharp. "A bloody bitch," she says of herself—the 95-year-old countess, Minister Erna Hamilton, who has never tried shopping for dinner, who loves champagne and oysters, and who speaks Danish backwards. Per Wennick's documentary was filmed shortly before Erna Hamilton's death.

When the estate of the late countess, minister, and millionaire Erna Hamilton is to be sold at auction in March this year, a 41-year-old Swede shows up in Copenhagen. He claims to be the countess's grandson and legal heir.

She is the great-granddaughter of a Russian princess. She grew up in a mansion with 97 rooms, Flora Danica on the table, 14 servants and a ruthless mother. Denmark's richest girl became an equestrian, photographer, war hero, society girl and 1.87 m tall. "The Giraffe" loves men, tolerates women and admires Dame Edna. In Per Wennick's documentary film, the baroness with the deep voice, 84-year-old Varvara Heyd née Hasselbalch, tells about her colorful life, growing up, work during the war, marriages, snobbery and the fortune that dwindled.