Won by Waiting

Hans Bugge, who owns a small, poor farm, is engaged to Grethe, the beautiful daughter on the neighbouring farm. They are free to marry, but not until Hans has 20,000 crowns in a savings account. The outlook is grim. He barely knows what a bankbook looks like and Grethe’s mother, the widow Holm, is unyielding. One day Hans gets a visit from his sister Clara, now an actress in Copenhagen, who turns life on the small farm upside down. –carlthdreyer.dk