The film stars Poul Reichhardt and Tove Maës as young newlyweds who try to save an old family farm by winning a horse race.

[1] Ole Offor (Poul Reichhardt) a young graduate from agricultural college, returns home to discover that rumors about his fiancé (Lily Broberg) cheating on him are true.

Munk purchased some fine ponies of a red breed which he had hoped could be trained as winning trotters and save the farm.

The daughter from Munk's first marriage, Bente is sweet woman with a slightly crippled leg from a horse riding accident.

Enekaer has one fine stallion named Junker that Munk hoped could win the 15,000 Kroner prize at the trotting derby.

[1] Still available in the period after World War II, Korch's stories became a gold mine for the smaller ASA Film Company.

In 1968, it was remade in Denmark by ASA Film, directed by Annelise Meineche, and again starred Poul Reichhardt, but in the role of the father, Hans Offor.