"it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the parishioners."
Sten Lindgren
as Lars "Lång-Lasse" Landgren
Anna Lindahl
as Matilda
Ulla Andreasson
as Margit Bryngel
Peter Lindgren
as Klas Hägglund i Backa
Arthur Fischer
as Tratt-Lasse Bryngel
Nils Hultgren
as Mickel Hansson
Axel Högel
as Tuvesson i Häggnäset
Eric Laurent
as Näslund
Wilma Malmlöf
as Lotta Bryngel
Eric Sundquist
as Björn Tuvesson
Margit Andelius
as Fru Näslund
Torgny Anderberg
as Halvar i Bakmossen
Per-Axel Arosenius
as Ekstedt
Josua Bengtson
as Tjyv-Pelle
Greta Berthels
as Brännar-Ante's woman
Astrid Bodin
as Klas Hägglund's mother
Helga Brofeldt
as Björn's mother
Julia Cæsar
as Mrs Andersson
John Ekman
as Brännar-Ante
Albin Erlandzon
as Skinnar-Jonte
Siegfried Fischer
as Per Olsson i Överälven
Arne Lindblad
as Törnberg i Rismyra
Bellan Roos
as Mrs Andersson's stepdaughter
Nina Scenna
as Indecent woman
Hanny Schedin
as Törnbergs Malena i Rismyra
Georg Skarstedt
as Kjellstedt
Tom Walter
as Olle Pryl
Birger Åsander
as Pelle Borst
Alf Östlund
as Hägglund i Backa
Erik Forslund
as Petter i Lilltorp
Emmy Albiin
as Petter's wife
Karl-Arne Holmsten
as Narrator
Ivar Wahlgren
as Doctor Martin Johansson
Eric Öst
as
P.A. Lundgren
Production Design
Assistant Director
Inge Ivarson
Producer
Ivar Johansson
Editor
Director
Writer
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Charles Redland
Original Music Composer