Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and when she becomes pregnant she has an illegal abortion. For some reason, Lena's father believes that it is Lena who has had an abortion.
Lars Hanson
as Johan Borg
Ingrid Bergman
as Lena Bergström
Victor Sjöström
as Frederik Bergström
Karin Kavli
as Clary Borg
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
as Gustav Palm
Sture Lagerwall
as Svensson
Marie-Louise Sorbon
as Svensson's wife
Georg Rydeberg
as Frank Roger
Georg Blickingberg
as Landberg
Linnéa Hillberg
as Smith's nurse
Stig Järrel
as Grane
Torsten Winge
as Press photographer
