A large Danish provincial town in the year 1888. Headmaster Wang's wife needs recreation, and the kind headmaster sends her and his youngest daughter Emma to Fanø. In his solitude, he delves into his youth memories and invents, among other things, a "Nordic tragedy", which he wrote during his student days and gave the proud title "Erik Ejegod's Pilgrimage". A theatre director encourages the headmaster to have the play performed at the theatre.
 Richard Christensen
Wang, overlærer
 Alma Olander Dam Willumsen
Helene, Wangs kone
 Ingeborg Brams
Emma, Wangs datter
 Martin Hansen
Dr. Seldorf, Wangs svigerdatter
 Asta Hansen
Henny, Seldorfs kone
 Petrine Sonne
Stine, pige hos Wang
 Johannes Meyer
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
 Ellen Gottschalch
Adelaide, Pipers hustru