The film opens with images from a forest under a glacier, where Isak Sellanrå is clearing the land.
The story of young Barbro walking into the river with her child, but still ending with Aksel, also receives significant attention.
The filming took place in Rana Municipality in Norway and was a very big local event.
A couple of Sami were also hired from the neighboring Swedish municipality of Tärna.
An American professor owned shortened edition, and it is believed that this 60-minute film was the version that was screened in the United States in 1928.