"kvinnohuset" is about a shared housing unit for single working women. a chain of human destinies that cross and touch each other, and where the common denominator is that they are all women living in the same house. a special house for single self-sufficient women, with a doorman for help. the topic of the day is the young theater student eva lind, who is about to move in. most tenants know she is the theater decorator trygve krook's mistress. krook has got an apartment for her in the house, where his wife anna also lives. the other women living in the house have a hard time understanding her toleration and her indifference to the husband's doings.