A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.
Sweden Sweden
Eddie Axberg Gudrun Brost Ulla Akselson Bo Wahlström Rick Axberg Holger Löwenadler Göran Lindberg Tage Sjögren Tage Jonsson Allan Edwall Anna Maria Blind Birger Lensander Max von Sydow Ulf Palme Jan-Erik Lindqvist Börje Nyberg Gunnar Björnstrand Signe Stade Stig Törnblom Åke Fridell Ulla Sjöblom Friedrich Ochsner Catti Edfeldt Ulla Blomstrand Bengt Ekerot Per Oscarsson Bertil Linné
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