Overview

When his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up his career as the village teacher and to reclaim the land and farm of his fathers. The same stormy night, the charismatic preacher Helgum arrives in the village to spread the word about the promises of the Holy Land, which turns parents and children, men and wives, brothers and sisters, against one another. Ingmar is torn between his love for the headmaster’s daughter Gertrud who is under the preacher’s spell, and the prospects of marrying the judge’s daughter Barbro in order to keep the farm.

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Cast

Conrad Veidt

Hellgum

Ivan Hedqvist

Stark-Anders

Lars Hanson

Ingmar Ingmarsson

Mona Mårtenson

Gertrud Storm

John Ekman

Elias

Nils Aréhn

Schoolmaster Storm

Jenny Hasselqvist

Barbro Persdotter

Lili Lani

Gunhild

Bengt Djurberg

Gunhild's brother

Sten Lindgren

Gunhild's brother

Carl Browallius

Ingmar's father

Gabriel Alw

Christ