Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.
Acting
Viveca Lindfors radiates hungry ambition beneath perfect composure.
Cinematography
Shadowy interiors suggest wealth's gilded cage.
Director
Rune Carlsten
Viveca Lindfors
Lydia Stille
John Ekman
Anders Stille, hennes far
Olof Widgren
Arvid Stjärnblom
Åke Claesson
Roslin
Eva Dahlbeck
Dagmar Randel
Gösta Cederlund
Redaktör Markel
Josua Bengtson
Grosshandlar Randel
Hjördis Petterson
Hans hustru
Hugo Björne
Chefredaktör Doncker
Gunnar Sjöberg
Baron Freutiger
Ulf Palme
Ture Törne
Renée Björling
Ester Roslin
Carl Deurell
Arvid's Father (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Hjalmar Bergman's 1912 novel, considered Sweden's answer to Flaubert's 'Sentimental Education'. The book was banned for obscenity until 1939.
Director Rune Carlsten deliberately echoes 1910s Swedish silent film aesthetics to emphasize the characters' emotional paralysis — notice how dialogue scenes often play in static long shots.
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