A young woman named Laila (Mona Martenson) finds herself torn between two worlds after being separated from her mother and father as an infant, and brought up in the frigid Tundra by a benevolent reindeer owner named Aslag (Peter Malberg). Shortly thereafter, Laila is reunited with her nomadic parents. As a devastating plague sweeps through the countryside, the ethereal girl must choose between the love of her cousin Anders (Harald Schwenzen) and her foster brother Mellet (Henry Gleditsch).