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.
Anders Åberg
as Eije Ström
Gerissa Jalander
as Mother
Bo Lindström
as Albin Ström
Tomas Norström
as Farmhand
Emy Storm
as Gerda
Jan Dolata
as The Pimp's helper
Jan Jönsson
as Madman at St. Lars
Anne-Lie Kinnunen
as Singer at Tavern
Gisela von Matuska
as Woman at the Polish Church
Urszula Repinska
as Tavern guest
Bill Salo
as Accordion player
Renata Orlik
as Waitress
