A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, including being caught with the local girl, Majka.
A young man is released from an asylum and returns home for revenge on his aunt and her three daughters, who had him declared insane in order to steal his inheritance. 一名年轻人从精神病院被释放，回到家中，报复他的姨妈和她的三个女儿，因为她们为了夺走他的遗产而宣布他疯了。
故事发生在十九世纪末北欧，混乱的局势衰颓的经济令人民们陷入了民不聊生的境地。农民拉斯卡森（马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰）带着儿子佩尔（贝利·赫维内加拉德 Pelle Hvenegaard 饰）来到丹麦，希望能够在这里依靠自己的双手挣得更体面的生活。 然而，现实却远不如想象中那么美好，父子两人好不容易在农庄里找到了一份清理马厩的工…
