The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Marit meets the fiddler Jon, an illegitimate son who enchants the youth with his violin.
Marit Germundsdotter

Jon

Germund

Kerstin

Elin, Germund's sister-in-law

Mats

Mats's father

Mats's mother
Knut

Barbro

Forester

Glabo-Kalle
Boy
Vicar

Nils