Screenplay was adapted from a popular 1881 novel by Jens Andreas Friis. J.A. Friis was the first professor at a Norwegian university to hold a chair in Sami culture. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Sami language studies.
Viewed by many critics as the crowning achievement of Norway's silent cinema. Ironically, the film's director, George Schnéevoigt, is Danish and the lead actress, Mona Mårtenson, is Swedish.
External shots for the movie where filmed at Geilo, Karasjok, Outer Billefjord, Skjervoy, Skoganvarre and Ustaoset, Norway. Whereas, the interiors were shot at the Nordisk Films Company's studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.