A film about the life and work of the Danish cartoonist Herluf Bidstrup. Family photos of H. Bidstrup are used in the film; drawings from the series "Oratorio", "The Weaker Sex", "Entered the Role", "Pornographic War", children's series of drawings. Denmark. Copenhagen city: the public on the streets of the city; a monument to the storyteller H.C. Andersen; a monument to the heroine of the fairy tale by H.C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid; a monument to King Frederick V; Stock Exchange building (built in 1619-40); Town Hall building (built in 1892-1905); the building of the Academy of Arts; external and internal view of the Museum of the Resistance Movement; one of the city's cinemas; a newsstand with printed materials of erotic content on the city square. Motor ship "SCANDINAVIAN SEAWAYS" in one of the bays of Copenhagen. Castle-residence of Kronborg near the city of Helsingor on the island. Zealand (built 1574-1585), sung by the playwright W. Shakespeare in Hamlet. External and internal view of the house-museum of H. Bidstrup in the suburb of Copenhagen [Allerode]. The film uses footage from the chronicle of the 1950-1970s: H. Bidstrup at work at home; H. Bidstrup communicates with relatives; H. Bidstrup makes sketches on the streets of Copenhagen.