Old Dag and his two sons Tore and Dag Junior live on Björndal in the Nordic forests. The clan is constantly at odds with the noble landowner Lord von Gall, who lives on his sprawling estate with his daughter Elisabeth. During a dance, Tore snatches the distinguished young lady and sweeps her across the dance floor. Enraged by this audacity, she sets her admirer, Lieutenant Margas, on the temperamental young farmer. Tore loses his life in the fight, and catastrophe ensues.
Cast
Gert Fröbe
Dag sen.
Hansjörg Felmy
Tore
Joachim Hansen
Dag jun.
Carl Lange
Herr von Gall
Anna Smolik
Elisabeth von Gall
Hans Nielsen
Major Barre
Maj-Britt Nilsson
Adelheid
Elisabeth Epp
Kruse
Jürgen Goslar
Lt. Margas
Hanns Ernst Jäger
Hoveländer
Hilde Schreiber
Borghild
Fritz Hinz-Fabricius
Priest Ramer
Franz Schafheitlin
Holder
Crew
Paul May
Director
Kurt Heuser
Writer
Trygve Gulbranssen
Novel
Renate Jelinek
Editor
Elio Carniel
Director of Photography
Hans Stumpf
Assistant Director
Alfred Stöger
Executive Producer
Heinz Pollak
Producer
Leo Metzenbauer
Production Design
Augusto Carniel
Camera Operator
Charlotte Flemming
Costume Design
Margarethe Volters
Costume Design
Margarethe Standegger
Makeup Artist
Ladislaus Valicek
Makeup Artist
Herbert Janeczka
Sound
Rolf A. Wilhelm
Original Music Composer
