Fredrik seduces the office girl Anna. She becomes helplessly passionately in love. Fredrik cheat Anna of all her savings. He intends to manufacture beauty products. To market the product he forge the signature of a wealthy aunt of Anna.
Acting
Tengroth's devastating spiral from hope to ruin
Direction
Sjöstrand's claustrophobic office and apartment spaces
Director
Arnold Sjöstrand
Birgit Tengroth
Anna
Sture Lagerwall
Fredrik Hermansson
Gunnar Sjöberg
Martin Alm
Stig Järrel
Brust
Hilda Borgström
Mrs. Alm
Anne-Margrethe Björlin
Edith Björk
Anna-Stina Wåglund
Stina
Georg Skarstedt
Hotel Porter
Torsten Bergström
Priest
Aurore Palmgren
Hilda, Anna's Aunt
Stig Johanson
Fredrik's Friend
Gunnel Wadner
Fredrik's Colleague
Olle Hilding
Banker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sweden's 1948 film industry was pivoting from wartime propaganda to social realism; this fell through the cracks entirely.
Birgit Tengroth quit acting shortly after—rumored to be haunted by roles like Anna.
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