Kejsaren (1979)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1979-02-24
Runtime: 97 minutes
Director: Jösta Hagelbäck
Top Cast
- Anders Åberg as Eije Ström
- Gerissa Jalander as Mother
- Bo Lindström as Albin Ström
- Tomas Norström as Farmhand
- Emy Storm as Gerda
- Jan Dolata as The Pimp's helper
- Jan Jönsson as Madman at St. Lars
- Anne-Lie Kinnunen as Singer at Tavern
- Gisela von Matuska as Woman at the Polish Church
- Urszula Repinska as Tavern guest
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