The old Victor Branzell has a grandson, Alf, who is in love with a clerk in a glove shop, Lilian Lind. But Lilian with her simple background doesn't get accepted in the circles where Alf belongs, and they have now reached the conclusion that they can't have a future together. Marriage is impossible. Victor summons Lilian and Alf and starts telling them his life story.

20世纪初，瑞典山区一个小业主的儿子与农场主女儿相爱，遭到女方和周遭环境的极力反对，青年克服重重困难，终于赢得美人归。影片以较为轻松的口吻调侃了有产阶级的怯懦和虚伪，与之成鲜明对比的是，代表生命和活力的小业主后代呈现出的果敢、爽朗、有魄力，所以影片不仅旨在赞扬美好爱情战胜世俗偏见的传统话题，更是对当时严重社会沟壑的裂痕提出质疑和反抗。影片画面清新干净，代表了北欧电影在默片时代不同的走向风格。