Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
as Professor Isak Borg
as Sara
as Marianne
as Evald
as Agda
as Anders
as Viktor
as Isak's Mother
as Mrs. Alman
as Karin, Isak's Wife
as Aunt Olga
as Alman
as Åkerman
as Wife's Lover
as Uncle Aron
as Sigfrid
as Sigbritt
as Charlotta
as Angelica
as Åkerman's Wife
as Anna
as Twin Kristina
as Twin Birgitta
as Hagbart (uncredited)
as The Manager (uncredited)
as Benjamin (uncredited)
as Sigbritt's Baby (uncredited)
as Elisabeth (uncredited)
as Isak's Father (uncredited)
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Professor Tiger (uncredited)
as Bishop (uncredited)
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