The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Stellan Skarsgård
as Sven
Hans Alfredson
as Höglund
Maria Johansson
as Anna
Per Myrberg
as Andersson
Gösta Ekman
as The New Driver
Carl Billquist
as Flodin
Lena Nyman
as Woman Without Legs
Nils Ahlroth
as Månsson
Lars Amble
as Bengt
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
as Mrs. Andersson
Carl-Åke Eriksson
as Wallin
Cecilia Walton
as Vera
