Kejsaren
1979•15•1h 37m•9.0•Released
Drama
Before World War II, Swedish workers had to deal with low wages, scarce work, and the extensive importation of foreign labor, particularly for the purpose of breaking strikes. This did not make foreigners of any stripe very popular, and those from "guest worker" countries were particularly disliked. In this film, set in 1938, a half-Polish boy goes to Poland in search of his mother, runs into financial and psychological difficulties there, and is sent back to a Swedish mental hospital. In another story, an unfortunate woman suffers a miscarriage and ends up at the asylum where the Polish boy is being kept.
Director
Jösta Hagelbäck
Writer
Jösta Hagelbäck
Languages
Polish, Swedish
Studio
Treklövern
Cast
Anders Åberg
Eije Ström
Gerissa Jalander
Mother
Bo Lindström
Albin Ström
Tomas Norström
Farmhand
Emy Storm
Gerda
Jan Dolata
The Pimp's helper
Jan Jönsson
Madman at St. Lars
Anne-Lie Kinnunen
Singer at Tavern
Gisela von Matuska
Woman at the Polish Church
Urszula Repinska
Tavern guest
Bill Salo
Accordion player
Renata Orlik
Waitress
Richard Hobert
Farmhand
Roman Nowak
Priest
Bert Sorbon
The Count
Production
Company
Treklövern
Company
Svenska Filminstitutet
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