A programme by Olle Häger and Hans Villius, featuring images from the days of King Gustav III and Carl Michael Bellman. The programme was broadcast as an introduction to the series 'Sammansvärjningen' and provides a historical background to the dramatic events that took place in Stockholm in the winter of 1792, when Gustav III was assassinated. Björn Skifs offers his own very special interpretation of Carl Michael Bellman.