it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the parishioners.
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Sten Lindgren
Lars "Lång-Lasse" Landgren
Anna Lindahl
Matilda
Ulla Andreasson
Margit Bryngel
Peter Lindgren
Klas Hägglund i Backa
Arthur Fischer
Tratt-Lasse Bryngel
Nils Hultgren
Mickel Hansson
Axel Högel
Tuvesson i Häggnäset
Eric Laurent
Näslund
Wilma Malmlöf
Lotta Bryngel
Eric Sundquist
Björn Tuvesson
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