[1] The film is based on the story Keiser Felix by Gustav Aagaard.
As autumn storms are blowing in over the island of Fagerøy, the priest's wife Else Margrete and her child die in childbirth.
When Signe tells Thorleif that she also has affections for him, Felix goes to sea to forget her.
He asks the priest at the Norwegian Church Abroad to write a letter to Signe.
Felix plunges into the water to rescue Thorleif and keeps him afloat while Abraham takes them aboard the boat.