A castle with towers and spires stands over a small medieval village, surrounded by thick walls.
The castle is home to the little royal family—the king, the queen, and their little daughter, Princess Gulltopp ('Golden Hair')—with their court.
Around her neck, Gulltopp carries a beautiful golden heart she received from her mother, the queen.
The old woman sees the golden heart that Sonja wears around her neck and understands that this is Princess Gulltopp.
The old woman comes to the rescue by extracting the keys to the dungeon from the guard and leads Sonja to the king.
When the king is reunited with his daughter and sees that the Christmas star has returned, there is great joy in the castle and in the country.
With a budget of almost NOK three million, at the time of its premiere this was one of the most expensive Norwegian films ever produced.
[5][6] The film premiered at the Klingenberg cinema in Oslo on December 3, 1976, and Princess Märtha Louise was the guest of honor in the theater.
Harald Heide-Steen Jr., who played the fool in the film, was typecast in this role and unable to perform other characters for years.
[7] The newspapers Aftenposten, Verdens Gang, Dagbladet, and Dagsavisen rated the film four stars.
The film was traditionally shown every Christmas Eve in a joint broadcast on NRK1 and NRK Super.