When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Acting
Helena Bergström steals every scene as chaotic bestie Berit.
Production
Exhaustive period detail across Värmland and Stockholm.
Director
Göran Carmback
Helene Egelund
Annika
Helena Bergström
Berit
Per Morberg
Bengt Hall
Ingvar Hirdwall
Annika's father
Anita Ekström
Annika's mother
Per Oscarsson
Isak
Johan Ulveson
Harald Persson
Stefan Larsson
Hans Zetterberg
Keve Hjelm
Alfred Hall
Anita Wall
Cecilia Hall
Willie Andréason
Gustaf Persson
Krister Henriksson
Rickard Zetterberg
Peter Haber
Polisassistent Wirén
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 1989, this was Sweden's expensive attempt at a prestige wartime epic — audiences found it punishingly long.
Helena Bergström and director Colin Nutley began their long collaboration here; she'd become Swedish cinema's biggest star.
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