The General's daughter, Helene, grows up in a safe world. She doesn't want to get married or have kids. She meets a man who talks about platonic love which seems to fit her nice. They get married but when he wants to get more intimate with her she rejects him. August Strindberg's short story "Mot betalning" from the collection "Giftas 2".
Acting
Anita Björk's restrained rebellion speaks volumes.
Direction
Henrikson's clinical eye cages Helene in every frame.
Costume
Corsets and crinolines as literal restraints.
Director
Anders Henrikson
Anita Björk
Helene Sund
Anders Henrikson
Albert Sund
Elsa Carlsson
Emilia, Helene's Aunt
Edvin Adolphson
General Jakob, Helene's Father
Gerda Lundequist
H.R.H.
Holger Löwenadler
Associate Professor
Håkan Westergren
Associate Prof.
Carl-Gunnar Wingård
Ass. Prof.
Ragnar Arvedson
Colonel Lieutenant
Gösta Cederlund
Colonel
Gull Natorp
Colonel's Wife
Linnéa Hillberg
Malin
Inger Juel
Prof. Wife
Emy Storm
Maid
Astrid Bodin
Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strindberg's 'Mot betalning' was considered scandalously modern; the 1955 film adaptation arrived as Sweden was debating women's workforce participation.
Director Henrikson cast himself as Albert, essentially directing his own on-screen demands for marital intimacy. Uncomfortable meta.
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