Part 1: 1914 -1918. War in Europe. Fritz Clausen, a southern Jutland Dane, is sent to the front. The upper class enjoys life in Copenhagen while the gap between rich and poor continues growing.

Fritz Clausens finds his new political home in the Danish Nazi party. Jo Jacobsen battles for his personal liberation and Marie Nielsen for a global revolution.

There was hope after WWI - but now despair is growing. The economic crisis is hurting, ideas are radicalising and the next catastophe - WWII - is just around the corner.