The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for him is a girl, Lotta, who promises to marry him one day. When he's 20 he moves to Stockholm and joins the Royal guards at the Royal palace. Quite by accident he meets Lotta again and start an affair with her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
as Johannes Weijner
as Charlotta, "Trubbnos"
as Alexandra Weijner
as Frida
as Julia
as Doctor
as Gustafsson
as Emma
as Aina Wickman
as Albert Wickman
as Mrs. Lamberg
as John Weijner
as Rudolf
as Lena i Härsikeby
as Charlotta's father
as Oscar II
as Sven Lagerberg, general
as Strid the cobbler
as Johannes as a child
as Charlotta as a child
as Ture, Charlotta's cousin
as Peasant
as Clerk at the unemployment agency
as Nurse at the orphanage
as Maitre d' at Stallmästaregården
as Maitre d' at Nackstanäs inn
as Amalia
