"They thought the world would be theirs."
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Pelle Karlsson

Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand

Stengården Foreman

Erik - Swedish Farm Worker

Mrs. Kongstrup

Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord

Rud - A Boy

Anna - Stengården Maid

Madam Olsen

Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece

Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children

Ole Køller - Nils' Father

Schoolteacher Friis

Physician

Priest

'Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother

Karna - Stengården Maid
Countryman
Public Official
Stensgården Judge
Gustav - Stengården Farmhand
Stengården Tailor
Henrik Bødker - Student
Priest's Son
Nilen - Student

Farmhand
Farmhand
Farmhand

Farmhand
Maid
Maid
Maid
Maid
Maid
Maid
Maid
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Physician
