Widowed Gunhild has two daughters, and one of them, Ragnhild has fallen in love with poor boy Asmund, to her mother's dislike.

In beautiful Telemark, a young boy grows up on a rich farm. To his fathers dislike, he wants to be a fiddle player, just like the son at the poorer neighboring farm. One day the father is found dead.

An engaged mechanic begins a tempestuous affair with a rich married woman.

The film was commissioned by the Workers' Information Association to motivate rural voters to vote.