
A large Danish provincial town in the year 1888. Headmaster Wang's wife needs recreation, and the kind headmaster sends her and his youngest daughter Emma to Fanø. In his solitude, he delves into his youth memories and invents, among other things, a "Nordic tragedy", which he wrote during his student days and gave the proud title "Erik Ejegod's Pilgrimage". A theatre director encourages the headmaster to have the play performed at the theatre.

as Wang, overlærer

as Helene, Wangs kone

as Emma, Wangs datter

as Dr. Seldorf, Wangs svigerdatter

as Henny, Seldorfs kone

as Stine, pige hos Wang

as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør

as Adelaide, Pipers hustru

as Albrechtsen, skuespiller

as Mogensen, regissør

as Frk. Nutzhorn, skuespillerinde

as Carl Bruun, skuespiller

as Medvirkende