Johs. Jensen

About two swindlers who try to steal the property of a wealthy banker who has just died.

Øjvind, a smallholder's boy, is a close friend with Marit, a farmer's girl, throughout their entire childhood. As an adolescent he one day recognizes that she has become a maiden, and that he has fallen in love with her. When he sees Marit dancing with Jon Halten, a farmer's son, he gets sad, and notices that when you start loving someone, you are not cheerful any more. He senses the social distance between himself and Marit and tries to compensate this by becoming the best pupil in the village

Tragic events and a murder at a rich mans farm leads to a suspect working with the horses, ride master Rye. He calls his friend, the private investigator Asbjørn Krag to help him off the serious suspicions. (imdb)