Kejsaren (1979)

  • 15
  • 02/24/1979 (SE)
  • Drama
  • 1h 37m

Overview

Before World War II, Swedish workers had to deal with low wages, scarce work, and the extensive importation of foreign labor, particularly for the purpose of breaking strikes. This did not make foreigners of any stripe very popular, and those from "guest worker" countries were particularly disliked. In this film, set in 1938, a half-Polish boy goes to Poland in search of his mother, runs into financial and psychological difficulties there, and is sent back to a Swedish mental hospital. In another story, an unfortunate woman suffers a miscarriage and ends up at the asylum where the Polish boy is being kept.

Jösta Hagelbäck

Director, Writer

Birgitta Trotzig

Novel

Cast

Anders Åberg's headshot

Anders Åberg

Eije Ström
Gerissa Jalander's headshot

Gerissa Jalander

Mother
Bo Lindström's headshot

Bo Lindström

Albin Ström
Tomas Norström's headshot

Tomas Norström

Farmhand
Emy Storm's headshot

Emy Storm

Gerda
Jan Dolata's headshot

Jan Dolata

The Pimp's helper
Jan Jönsson's headshot

Jan Jönsson

Madman at St. Lars
Anne-Lie Kinnunen's headshot

Anne-Lie Kinnunen

Singer at Tavern

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