
This the story of a wizard elk - Rauten, as people called him. He was a human being in animal guise. The story begins in Ré Valley, which lies like a yawning gap between mountains, long and flat with borders of forests so dark that they look as though part of the blackness of night lingered in them. A river moves sluggishly along the bottom of the valley, making its way slowly and carefully between stretches of light-red sand. It runs northwards, a rare thing in Norway.

as Sjur Renna 'Gaupa'

as Hans Trefothaugen

as Turi Trefothaugen, mor til Hans

as Ingrid Rustebakke

as Hallstein Rustebakke, storbonde

as Gunnar Sløvika, hestehandler

as Tølleiv, tjenestegutt på Rustbakke

as Bellina, danser

as Piper, direktør

as P. Rustebakke, rik slekting