
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