Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Rakel tells about the time she had an affair and confronted her husband with it. Marta's story is about how she at first refused to marry and had her child by herself. Karin tells about what happened when one time she and her husband got stuck in an elevator together. While the women tell their stories, Marta's younger sister Maj is planning to elope.
Anita Björk
as Rakel
Eva Dahlbeck
as Karin
Maj-Britt Nilsson
as Marta Berg
Birger Malmsten
as Martin Lobelius, artist
Gunnar Björnstrand
as Fredrik Lobelius
Karl-Arne Holmsten
as Eugen Lobelius
Aino Taube
as Annette
Håkan Westergren
as Paul Lobelius
Gerd Andersson
as Maj, Marta's sister
Björn Bjelfvenstam
as Henrik Lobelius
Carl Ström
as Doctor
Märta Arbin
as Nurse
