St.
John's Night  1852
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 - click for larger image - THE PUCK Transl. by Bent Kvalvik. |
On
a farm in Telemark four young people meet on a midsummer's evening. They
are Johannes and Juliane, who are engaged to be married, Juliane's step
sister Anne and Johannes' school mate Julian. The foursome go into the woods
to celebrate St. John's Night, are caught up in the celebrations of the
elves and are invited to a party inside the Blue Mountain, ruled by the
Mountain King. The young ones react in different ways to these experiences,
and the upshot of the night's goings-on is that Johannes and Anne fall in
love with each other, while Juliane and Julian also find each other. Complications
ensue; Anne turns out to have been deceived of an inheritance, but now receives
it as a proper dowry, the lovers are united and all ends well.
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