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