Kejsaren

97 minutes

2/24/1979

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.

Cast List

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
Bill Salo
as Accordion player
Renata Orlik
as Waitress
Richard Hobert
as Farmhand
Roman Nowak
as Priest
Bert Sorbon
as The Count
Annmari Kastrup
as Prologue (voice)
Göte Fyhring
as Rectifier
Per Öhlin
as Pimp
Anna Lindroth
as Pig Watch
Rune Ek
as Farmhand
Katarina Strandmark
as Polish Woman
Sigurd Björling
as Priest
Kent-Arne Dahlgren
as Sailor
Gunnar Ekström
as Anton
Ralf Glaerum
as The Cook
Jan Kruse
as Swedish Official in Poland
Peter Lindgren
as The Captain
Hans Nordström
as Old Man at St. Lars
Jan Nygren
as Caretaker at St. Lars
Jan-Ingvar Palm
as The Poet at St. Lars
Gunnar Rundqvist
as The Doctor at St. Lars
Karol Cichecki
as Priest in Catholic church
Ricardo Ausin
as Choirboy
Mathias Kastrup
as Choirboy