Kejsaren (1979)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Anders Åberg

Eije Ström

Gerissa Jalander

Mother

Bo Lindström

Albin Ström

Tomas Norström

Farmhand

Emy Storm

Gerda

Jan Dolata

The Pimp's helper

Jan Jönsson

Madman at St. Lars

Anne-Lie Kinnunen

Singer at Tavern

Gisela von Matuska

Woman at the Polish Church

Urszula Repinska

Tavern guest

Bill Salo

Accordion player

Renata Orlik

Waitress

Director & Crew

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