Love triangle in an acrobatic trapeze act results in a missed catch and a death, but was it on purpose?

A hairdresser wins the lottery and decides to spoil herself by spending Easter at a mountain resort where she meets new people.

The traveler Franz arrives in a mountain valley, where they are awaiting the new local sheriff. he decides to pretend he is the man they are waiting for.

The poor but skilled woodcutter Simen is conned by the rich Pikajord. Simen's answer is to reenact his own death through disappearance, and come back as a ghost. But then his attractive wife looks like a widow.

The law man's sole daughter and knows who she should marry. But she has fallen in love during a trip to the capitol.