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
