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Summary

The bestseller on which this comedy was based provided director Nikolai van der Heyde with plenty of picturesque atmosphere as the basis of a sparkling village adventure, set in the late 1920s.

Everyday life proceeds in its lazy rhythm around the leading figure, a country doctor. When he falls hopelessly in love with the frail young school mistress, he realises how inexperienced he is in this field. It seems the course of true love will not run smooth for him, but he is aided and abetted by the village's pastor, who has little authority but plenty of good spirits.

Against this warmhearted village background, we see the bristling activity in a gypsy encampment, forming a sharp contrast to all the rest. The film benefits from its photography by Swedish cameraman Jörgen Persson, known particularly for the films he shot for Bo Widerberg.