Drama /

Score: 81%( 1692 votes )

Overview: Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

Cast:

Victor Sjöström
Professor Isak Borg

Bibi Andersson
Sara

Ingrid Thulin
Marianne

Gunnar Björnstrand
Evald

Jullan Kindahl
Agda

Folke Sundquist
Anders

Björn Bjelfvenstam
Viktor

Naima Wifstrand
Isak's Mother

Gunnel Broström
Mrs. Alman

Gertrud Fridh
Karin, Isak's Wife

Sif Ruud
Aunt Olga

Gunnar Sjöberg
Alman

Max von Sydow
Åkerman

Åke Fridell
Wife's Lover

Yngve Nordwall
Uncle Aron

Per Sjöstrand
Sigfrid

Gio Petré
Sigbritt

Gunnel Lindblom
Charlotta

Maud Hansson
Angelica

Ann-Marie Wiman
Åkerman's Wife

Eva Norée
Anna

Lena Bergman
Twin Kristina

Monica Ehrling
Twin Birgitta

Per Skogsberg
Hagbart (uncredited)

Helge Wulff
The Manager (uncredited)

Göran Lundquist
Benjamin (uncredited)

Peder Hellman
Sigbritt's Baby (uncredited)

Vendela Rudbäck
Elisabeth (uncredited)

Ulf Johansson
Isak's Father (uncredited)

Erik Nordgren
Conductor (uncredited)

Josef Norman
Professor Tiger (uncredited)

Gunnar Olsson
Bishop (uncredited)

Harry Asklund
(uncredited)