Helge, a factory worker, awakens to life after he almost loses his arm in a machine. His happiness at not losing his arm has him see the world in a new way. He takes a vacation, where he sees Klara, a beautiful girl. He decides to spend the rest of the vacation searching for her.

Gangster chick Zara steals jewels together with the criminal Slim, who hides the loot in the hearse 'Hulda', which lazy trash man Sven has been assigned to drive to a priest in Paris. A wild hunt for the diamonds starts. The journey goes through Europe, where the hunted Sven is accompanied by a kind scout and a skinny dipping female Salvationist.