Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness.
Acting
Inga Tidblad's face does what the script won't say aloud.
Direction
Molander's clinical eye makes every room feel like a trap.
Director
Gustaf Molander
Inga Tidblad
Gertrud Holmgren
Alf Kjellin
Dr. Bertil Nordelius
Doris Svedlund
Marianne Berg
Hjördis Petterson
Kerstin Nordelius, inackorderingstant, Bertils mor
Håkan Westergren
P.A. Beckman, disponent på Beckmans Modehus
Irma Christenson
fil. dr Cecilia Lindeman, laborator, Tore Holmgrens nya kvinna
Holger Löwenadler
Tore Holmgren, ingenjör, Gertruds f.d. man
Marianne Löfgren
Ingeborg, gäst på festen
Stig Olin
Hans, högskolestuderande, Gertruds svärson
Elsa Prawitz
Elsie, Hans fru, Gertruds dotter
Birgitta Valberg
Skilsmässoadvokaten
Sif Ruud
Proverska på modehuset
Carl Ström
Ingrid Borthen
Yvonne Lombard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Sweden grappling with women's post-war independence—divorce rates spiked, and cinema rushed to process the anxiety.
Gustaf Molander directed Ingrid Bergman to stardom; this was his attempt to do the same for Inga Tidblad, but the role's unlikability doomed her crossover.
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