Two rival young men both desire the merchant's pretty daughter, a bad young man robs the merchant's safe and blames it on "mother-in-law's dream", a worldly-wise grandmother directs the battle of love from her living room, and a couple of silly railway workers spread song and joy.
Acting
Ellen Gottschalch steals every scene as the meddling servant Madsine.
Costume
Gorgeous 1950s Danish rural fashion — knitwear envy guaranteed.
Director
Annelise Reenberg
Astrid Villaume
Ida Kelbjerg - købmandens datter
Svend Methling
Knud Kelbjerg, købmand
William Rosenberg
Carsten Kron - første kommis
Ellen Gottschalch
Madsine - tjenestepige
Rasmus Christiansen
Mads - gårdskarl
Ib Schønberg
Bombak - bogholder
Johannes Meyer
Godsejer Bjerre
Bendt Rothe
Erling Bjerre - søn af godsejeren
Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
Stander - stationsforstander
Henry Nielsen
Voss - lokomotivfører
Helga Frier
Frk. Lise Nisted - indehaver af et vaskeri
Inger Stender
Gerda Haarstad
Kjeld Jacobsen
Viggo Haarstad - automobilhandler
Karen Berg
Frk. Jørgensen - pensionatsværtinde
Asbjørn Andersen
Blom - bankdirektør
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Annelise Reenberg was one of Denmark's few female directors in the 1950s, making this a rare woman-helmed production of its era.
The film adapts a popular 1906 Danish play, preserving its rural merchant-class setting even as 1950s modernization was transforming that world.
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