
In the difficult 30'ies, the poor working family Jensen is struggling in affording their sons education, and it ends in tragedy. The son befriends the daughter of the, not liked by the rich employer West, which sends his daughter away.

as Tor, Jensen's son

as Liv

as Albert Jensen, worker

as West, director

as Mrs. West

as Anton, Tor's friend

as A communist leader

as Jensen's wife

as Kristian

as Bjorn Storhaug, a farmer