Kejsaren

9.0
19791h 37m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Anders Åberg

Anders Åberg

Eije Ström

Photo of Jan Jönsson

Jan Jönsson

Madman at St. Lars

Photo of Gisela von Matuska

Gisela von Matuska

Woman at the Polish Church

Photo of Annmari Kastrup

Annmari Kastrup

Prologue (voice)

Photo of Göte Fyhring

Göte Fyhring

Rectifier

Photo of Peter Lindgren

Peter Lindgren

The Captain

Photo of Jan Nygren

Jan Nygren

Caretaker at St. Lars

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