Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
Ingrid Thulin
as Ester
Gunnel Lindblom
as Anna
Birger Malmsten
as Bartender
Håkan Jahnberg
as Hotel Steward
Jörgen Lindström
as Johan
Kotti Chave
as Officer in the Train Compartment
Lissi Alandh
as Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Leif Forstenberg
as Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Eskil Kalling
as Bar Owner (uncredited)
Karl-Arne Bergman
as Paperboy (uncredited)
Carl Andersson
as
Olof Huddén
as
