Before World War II, Swedish workers had to deal with low wages, scarce work, and the extensive importation of foreign labor, particularly for the purpose of breaking strikes. This did not make foreigners of any stripe very popular, and those from "guest worker" countries were particularly disliked. In this film, set in 1938, a half-Polish boy goes to Poland in search of his mother, runs into financial and psychological difficulties there, and is sent back to a Swedish mental hospital. In another story, an unfortunate woman suffers a miscarriage and ends up at the asylum where the Polish boy is being kept.
as Eije Ström
as Mother
as Albin Ström
as Farmhand
as Gerda
as The Pimp's helper
as Madman at St. Lars
as Singer at Tavern
as Woman at the Polish Church
as Tavern guest
as Accordion player
as Waitress
as Farmhand
as Priest
as The Count
as Prologue (voice)
as Rectifier
as Pimp
as Pig Watch
as Farmhand
as Polish Woman
as Priest
as Sailor
as Anton
as The Cook
as Swedish Official in Poland
as The Captain
as Old Man at St. Lars
as Caretaker at St. Lars
as The Poet at St. Lars
as The Doctor at St. Lars
as Priest in Catholic church
as Choirboy
as Choirboy
