 Gunnar Carlman has heard about the beautiful girls in Smaaland and takes the train to Vimmerby to see them himself. He gets a job as a farm-hand at the mean-spirited farmer Joensson s farm. It doesn t take long before he has had enough of Joensson s anger and gets a new job at another farm, Svalnaes. It is owned by the young and handsome Christina Larsson. But she is far from a sweet and innocent woman...