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9.0 1h 37m

Kejsaren

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.

Top Cast

  • Anders Åberg

    Anders Åberg

    Eije Ström

  • Gerissa Jalander

    Gerissa Jalander

    Mother

  • Bo Lindström

    Bo Lindström

    Albin Ström

  • Tomas Norström

    Tomas Norström

    Farmhand

  • Emy Storm

    Emy Storm

    Gerda

  • Jan Dolata

    Jan Dolata

    The Pimp's helper

  • Jan Jönsson

    Jan Jönsson

    Madman at St. Lars

  • Anne-Lie Kinnunen

    Anne-Lie Kinnunen

    Singer at Tavern

  • Gisela von Matuska

    Gisela von Matuska

    Woman at the Polish Church

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.

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