467 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestRasken does something he regrets, and how he manage it for himself in the old ages and about the outcome.
The year is 1872. After being to drunk the stooge Gustaf Karlsson hits his master. To avoid sentence he enlists to the army and get the name Rask. He meet his future wife and we then get to follow his life together with his wife and their children in the 19th century Småland (Sweden). Their subsistence features happiness, but also by horrible tragedies.
Acting
Sven Wollter's raw, physical transformation from drunk to broken patriarch.
Production
Unflinching 1870s Småland reconstruction — every mud puddle feels researched.
Creators
Per Sjöstrand, Vilhelm Moberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Vilhelm Moberg's own family stories; he considered it his most personal work. The Raskens farm still exists in Småland.
This 1976 adaptation helped spark Sweden's 'hembygd' (homeland) TV drama boom — think Downton Abbey but everyone actually starves.
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