Ranged across several generations, the story begins with a wealthy merchant, Lind, and his wife travelling in the coldest depths of winter to christen their baby daughter. Attacked by wolves, they lose the baby, which is found by the Lapp Jaampa (a dominating performance by Tryggve Larssen) and subsequently raised by a rich reindeer herder,
as Laila
as Jåmpa
as Anders
as Aslag Laagje
as Mor Laagje, hans kone
as Mellet
as C.O. Lind, handlesmann
as Hans hustru
as Magga, tjenestepike hos Lind
as Lasse, en tjenestegutt
as Bror til C.O. Lind
as Inger
as Melet som liten gutt
