[1][3][4] Sinding also wrote the screenplay, which was based on Harald Meltzer's novel of the same name, published posthumously in 1873.

When the farmer learns this, he no longer wants Ragnhild to marry Iver because he does not consider "Gypsy blood" pure.

He succeeds in stopping the wedding at the last moment, and finally the wealthy farmer also gives his approval for the marriage between Iver and Ragnhild.

[6] There is another version of the film with an alternative ending, in which Iver interrupts Sjur and Ragnhild before they arrive at the church.

Then one sees Ragnhild and Iver in the church singing a hymn along with an open Bible between them.