Season 1 • Episode 9
LatestA young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities—politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business—he finds more hypocrisy and political corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of "bohemians", who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters.
Acting
Per Ragnar carries every scene with wounded idealism.
Production
Berns Salonger location is practically a character itself.
Writing
Strindberg adaptation that keeps the venom, adds 1970s relevance.
Per Ragnar
Arvid Falk
Allan Edwall
Olle Montanus
Mathias Henrikson
Sellén
Börje Ahlstedt
Lundell
Jan Blomberg
Ygberg
Stefan Ekman
Renhjelm
Ernst Günther
Dr. Borg
Stig Järrel
Bokförläggare Smith
Georg Rydeberg
Carl XV
Grynet Molvig
Agnes
Keve Hjelm
Herr Falander
Ulf Palme
Berättaren
Christian Berling
Levi
Olof Thunberg
Carl Nicolaus Falk
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Struve
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Berns Salonger was Stockholm's actual 19th-century celebrity hotspot; the series films where Strindberg's characters literally gossiped.
Lagerkvist directed this during Sweden's 'Golden Age' of television drama, when state-funded TV took Strindberg as seriously as Shakespeare.
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