A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Stuart Graham
Anneke von der Lippe
Bjørn Floberg
Hywel Bennett
Margot Finley
Michael Wade
Graham Greene
Knut Husebø
Espen Haavardsholm
Anne Krigsvoll
John Sigurd Kristensen
Jeanne Bøe
Tonja Sitara Sanborn
Sven Henriksen
Sturla Berg-Johansen
Stig Hoffmeyer
Else Qualmann
Henrik Sloth
Stephanie Leon
Marina Bouras
Tomas Villum Jensen
Niels-Martin Eriksen
Tove Olsen
Lars Göran Persson
Mats Helin
Sherry White
Mack Barfoot
Anthony Ayre
Ann Marie Anonsen
Tina Randell
Kevin Lewis
Philip Dinn
Bob Kelly