Release Date | 1957-12-26 |
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Runtime | 91 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl |
Directors | Göte Lovén, Gittan Gustafsson, Aaby Wedin, Oscar Rosander, Ingmar Bergman |
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.