On his journey around the country, Volle has reached Copenhagen with his skarperbør. Volle is an old vagabond who loves his freedom everywhere in the world. His work provides him with just enough for the day and the road, and now and then a shot of schnapps as a bonus, and he does not demand more from life. A coincidence or one of the whims of fate if you will, makes Volle the foster father of 11-year-old Peter, son of the young widow Grete Jensen. Grete is in love with the young removal man Max Jørgensen and he with her. Peter happens to witness Max kissing his mother, he feels betrayed and runs away from home without a word. On the road he meets Volle and tells him a little lie that he has run away from guardianship...
Carl Alstrup
as "Volle" - skærslipper
Betty Söderberg
as Gret Jensen - en ung enke
Fredbjørn Bjørnsson
as Peter - hendes søn
Olaf Ussing
as Pantelåner
Charles Wilken
as Willadsen - rentier
Else-Marie Juul Hansen
as Inger Jessen - landsretssagfører
Jytte Høeg Brask
as En sygeplejerske
Johannes Lennø
as En krovært
Bjarne Forchhammer
as Dommer
Jens Asby
as
Caja Heimann
as
Einar Rosenbaum
as
