

Drama · Romance
Overview
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
Top Cast


Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Thulin
Ester
Ingrid Thulin
Ester


Gunnel Lindblom
Gunnel Lindblom
Anna
Gunnel Lindblom
Anna


Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten
Bartender
Birger Malmsten
Bartender
Håkan Jahnberg
Håkan Jahnberg
Hotel Steward
Håkan Jahnberg
Hotel Steward


Jörgen Lindström
Jörgen Lindström
Johan
Jörgen Lindström
Johan


Kotti Chave
Kotti Chave
Officer in the Train Compartment
Kotti Chave
Officer in the Train Compartment


Lissi Alandh
Lissi Alandh
Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Lissi Alandh
Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Leif Forstenberg
Leif Forstenberg
Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Leif Forstenberg
Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Eskil Kalling
Eskil Kalling
Bar Owner (uncredited)
Eskil Kalling
Bar Owner (uncredited)
Karl-Arne Bergman
Karl-Arne Bergman
Paperboy (uncredited)
Karl-Arne Bergman
Paperboy (uncredited)
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