Skulle det dukke opp flere lik, er det bare å ringe… 1970

A murder disrupts the quiet building where Lilly Hansen, played by Aud Schønemann, lives. Lilly discovers the body and immediately calls the police, naming the victim as Mr. Marthinsen, a man who runs a company on the top floor and also owns a farm. When Constable Jeremias P. Grodahl, played by Helge Reiss, arrives, the body has already disappeared, leaving investigators with more questions than answers. The constable is not quick to credit Lilly’s account, casting doubt on her story, while Overbetjent Henry Bakker, played by Arve Opsahl, arrives on the scene, irritable at being woken from bed with a fever to a crime scene where the evidence seems to vanish.

Yet there’s a personal thread that complicates the case: Bakker and Lilly are old acquaintances from their Rosekjeller’n days, and their shared past makes even straightforward questions feel loaded. The tension rises as the investigation unfolds, with signs that something serious happened — blood is found on a chair, and it becomes clear that Mr. Marthinsen never came home that evening. Bakker, initially reluctant and disappointed, is drawn into a real inquiry into a possible murder, stretching his patience and resolve as he probes the surrounding circumstances.

The story builds to a climactic gathering: Bakker brings Mr. Marthinsen’s entire staff into the top-floor office to identify a potential killer and to sort through alibis, motives, and suppressed truths. As the room fills with cautious theories and uncertain testimonies, the film maintains a steady, restrained tone that invites viewers to weigh each clue. Who did it, really — is Mr. Marthinsen dead, or has the victim not yet been named? The conclusion lingers, leaving room for suspicion to fall on various players while staying faithful to the mood and stakes established at the outset.