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Lena (Ingrid Bergman) is in love with her married boss, Johan (Lars Hanson), in this romantic drama that takes Sweden’s declining birth rate as a backdrop and stirred up controversy with its depiction of abortion. While Lena dreams of marriage and motherhood, Johan’s wife is staunchly unmaternal. Johan and Lena have a chance to be together, but their happiness is threatened by blackmail and murder. The great Victor Sjöström plays Lena’s fiercely protective father, a newspaper editor convinced that the population problem will be solved by love, not legislation.
Original Release
10/23/1935
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Lars Hanson | Johan Borg |
Karin Kavli | Clary Borg |
Victor Sjöström | Fredrik Bergström / Frederik Bergström |
Ingrid Bergman | Lena Bergström |
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund | Gustav Palm |
Sture Lagerwall | Svensson |
Marie-Louise Sorbon | Mrs. Svensson / Svensson's wife |
Georg Rydeberg | Frank Roger |
Georg Blickingberg | Landberg |
Richard Lund | 'Doctor' Smith |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Lars Hanson | Johan Borg |
Karin Kavli | Clary Borg |
Victor Sjöström | Fredrik Bergström / Frederik Bergström |
Ingrid Bergman | Lena Bergström |
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund | Gustav Palm |
Sture Lagerwall | Svensson |
Marie-Louise Sorbon | Mrs. Svensson / Svensson's wife |
Georg Rydeberg | Frank Roger |
Georg Blickingberg | Landberg |
Richard Lund | 'Doctor' Smith |
Linnea Hillberg | Nurse / Smith's nurse |
Stig Järrel | Grane |
Gabriel Alw | Clary's New Admirer / Clary's cavalier |
Greta Berthels | Maid |
Allan Bohlin | Bergström Jr. / Bergström's son |
Carl Deurell | Entrepreneur |
Pekka Hagman | Legionair |
Harry Hednoff | Legionair |
Folke Helleberg | Bergström's Son |
Anders Henrikson | Paavo |