During a 1973 bank heist in Stockholm, Lars Nystrom takes hostages and demands authorities release his old partner-in-crime from prison. As the situation escalates, Lars develops an uneasy bond with one of the female employees.

In 1940, the Germans invaded Norway with clear goals of controlling the king, the government, the coast, the iron ore and the Norwegian gold reserves. At the same time, a group of resistance fighters was given an important mission.