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Kejsaren

4.5

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Duration97 min.
LanguagePolish
StatusReleased
Release DateFeb 24, 1979

Overview

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.

Genres

  • Drama

Casts

Anders Åberg

Anders Åberg

Eije Ström

Gerissa Jalander

Mother

Bo Lindström

Albin Ström

Tomas Norström

Tomas Norström

Farmhand

Emy Storm

Emy Storm

Gerda

Jan Dolata

The Pimp's helper

Jan Jönsson

Jan Jönsson

Madman at St. Lars

Anne-Lie Kinnunen

Singer at Tavern

Gisela von Matuska

Gisela von Matuska

Woman at the Polish Church

Urszula Repinska

Tavern guest

Bill Salo

Accordion player

Renata Orlik

Waitress

Richard Hobert

Richard Hobert

Farmhand

Roman Nowak

Priest

Bert Sorbon

The Count

Annmari Kastrup

Annmari Kastrup

Prologue (voice)

Göte Fyhring

Göte Fyhring

Rectifier

Per Öhlin

Pimp

Anna Lindroth

Pig Watch

Rune Ek

Farmhand

Katarina Strandmark

Polish Woman

Sigurd Björling

Priest

Kent-Arne Dahlgren

Sailor

Gunnar Ekström

Anton

Ralf Glaerum

The Cook

Jan Kruse

Swedish Official in Poland

Peter Lindgren

Peter Lindgren

The Captain

Hans Nordström

Old Man at St. Lars

Jan Nygren

Jan Nygren

Caretaker at St. Lars

Jan-Ingvar Palm

The Poet at St. Lars

Gunnar Rundqvist

The Doctor at St. Lars

Karol Cichecki

Priest in Catholic church

Ricardo Ausin

Choirboy

Mathias Kastrup

Choirboy