Novel
Based on the novel "Marit Skjølte" by Kristofer Janson, this Norwegian silent movie tells the story of young Marit and her love, Anders, who travels to America to seek his fortune. Without Marit's knowledge, he returns to marry a farm heiress.
Story
La historia está ambientada en una parroquia campestre en el siglo XVII, a la que llega un nuevo párroco para ocupar su puesto, que ha quedado vacante. El hombre se ha llevado a su prometida, pero las costumbres dictaminaban que el nuevo párroco debería casarse con la viuda del anterior. Sería además el cuarto marido de la dama en cuestión, siendo ésta muy mayor.
Novel
The story of an orphaned girl brought up by the Storlein family. Young Anne (Asta Nielsen) is brought as an infant to the Storlein farm by her mother, who has been traveling and is in need of a rest. The two are turned away at the door, and the mother takes her young daughter to the barn to sleep. The farmhand Jon discovers them in the morning but the mother has not made it through the night, so young Anne is taken in and raised by the family.
