A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Ingrid Thulin
as Märta Lundberg
Gunnar Björnstrand
as Tomas Ericsson
Gunnel Lindblom
as Karin Persson
Max von Sydow
as Jonas Persson
Allan Edwall
as Algot Frövik
Kolbjörn Knudsen
as Knut Aronsson
Olof Thunberg
as Fredrik Blom
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad
as Magdalena Ledfors
Tor Borong
as Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)
Bertha Sånnell
as Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)
Helena Palmgren
as Doris Appelblad (uncredited)
Eddie Axberg
as Johan Strand (uncredited)
