Mona Mårtenson, Tryggve Larssen, and Harald Schwenzen played the leading roles.

[2][3] Laila was directed and edited by George Schnéevoigt, who also wrote the film's script based on Jens Andreas Friis's Lajla (novel) [no].

The book, originally published in Norwegian in 1881 as From Finmarken, was translated into a Swedish in 1882 with the title Lajla : en Berättelse Från Lappmarken.

Denmark and the exteriors were filmed in Outer Billefjord and Skoganvarre (both in Porsanger Municipality) plus locations in Karasjok, Bossekop, Skjærvøy, Geilo, and Ustaoset.

It had a Swedish bi-premiere on 11 November 1929 at Röda Kvarn, Stockholm [sv] and the Olympia in Borås.

[6] When the film was released on DVD in 2011, it featured newly composed music by Robert Israel, inspired by Edvard Grieg.