A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of jealousy, Dahlin abuses his wife Inga and after that he is forcibly interned again. Inga is a nurse and she is now moving to a mountain village to work at a district clinic. During an emergency visit, she encounters her childhood sweetheart, the doctor Gunnar, and old feelings between them begin to flare up again.
Acting
Birgit Tengroth's restrained suffering carries the entire film.
Cinematography
Stark mountain landscapes that mirror emotional desolation.
Director
Ragnar Frisk
Arnold Sjöstrand
Gunnar Berg
Birgit Tengroth
Inga Dahlin
Holger Löwenadler
Håkan Dahlin
Nils Lundell
Lilja
Åke Grönberg
Jerker
Gabriel Alw
Professor Ahlström
Henrik Schildt
Alve
Barbro Ribbing
Elsie
Maj-Britt Håkansson
Eva
Sten Lindgren
The Judge
Ivar Kåge
Doctor
Artur Rolén
Karlsson
Gunnar Sjöberg
Prosecutor
Ragnar Falck
Dr. Geve (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Birgit Tengroth was a huge star in Swedish cinema but struggled with alcoholism herself, making her casting deeply meta.
Director Ragnar Frisk made over 70 films but was considered a 'commercial' hack by critics; this was his attempt at 'serious' social drama.
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