This the story of a wizard elk - Rauten, as people called him. He was a human being in animal guise. The story begins in Ré Valley, which lies like a yawning gap between mountains, long and flat with borders of forests so dark that they look as though part of the blackness of night lingered in them. A river moves sluggishly along the bottom of the valley, making its way slowly and carefully between stretches of light-red sand. It runs northwards, a rare thing in Norway.
Tryggve Larssen
as Sjur Renna 'Gaupa'
Bengt Djurberg
as Hans Trefothaugen
Julie Lampe
as Turi Trefothaugen, mor til Hans
Tove Tellback
as Ingrid Rustebakke
Harald Stormoen
as Hallstein Rustebakke, storbonde
Einar Tveito
as Gunnar Sløvika, hestehandler
Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
as Tølleiv, tjenestegutt på Rustbakke
Mimi Kihle
as Bellina, danser
Hauk Aabel
as Piper, direktør
Nils Aréhn
as P. Rustebakke, rik slekting
