Niels Pind is a drunkard who is exploited by some of the town's residents. This comes to an end when his son, Jens, returns from America with a lot of money. Jens buys the local estate and starts extracting gravel from the ground. He quickly gains a bad reputation in the area because he only thinks about money. Niels Pind disowns his son. However, Jens changes as he falls more and more in love with Ingrid.
as Niels Nielsen - Niels Pind
as Jens Nielsen - Niels's søn
as Karl Kristian Duue - godsejer
as Ingrid - Karls niece
as Dyrlægen
as Jesper Jensen - lærer
as 'Mads'
as Preben - lærling
as Underforvalter Palle Reamussen
as Peter Mikkelsen - købmand
as Alma - købmandens kone
as Lise - købmandens datter
as Viggo Lange - sagfører
as En arbejder
as Medlem af sognerådet
as Sejersen - antikvitetshandler
as Datter på kroen
as Tjener på kroen
as Karen - tjenerens kone
as Eigil
as Eigils ven
as Mine Holm
