Marine Bo Fredriksson is travelling home on a leave. He reminisce about an accident he caused as a 12-year old which killed a young girl, an event that has made him feel revulsion for death. Back home he meets Eva, a girl he fancies and they move together to Stockholm to start a life together.
Acting
Malmsten's haunted eyes do all the heavy lifting.
Cinematography
Shadow-steeped interiors that breathe Nordic doom.
Director
Gustaf Molander
Birger Malmsten
Bo Fredriksson
Eva Stiberg
Eva
Eva Dahlbeck
Susanne Bolin
Åke Claesson
Erik Fredriksson
Wanda Rothgardt
Anna Fredriksson
Hilda Borgström
Maria
Stig Olin
Göran Bolin
Inga Landgré
Frida Fredriksson
Olof Sandborg
Berglund
Carl Ström
Johansson
Sture Ericson
Josef Friedel
Lasse Sarri
Bo - Age 12
Barbro Flodquist
Waitress
Göthe Grefbo
Ticket collector
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Molander was Bergman's mentor; this film's DNA is everywhere in early Bergman.
Based on a short story by Bergman himself—yes, THAT Bergman wrote the source material at age 24.
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