Kejsaren (1979)

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.

Producers	Svenska Filminstitutet, Treklövern
Original title	Kejsaren
Directors	Jösta Hagelbäck
Writers	Birgitta Trotzig, Jösta Hagelbäck

Cast

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

Richard Hobert

as Farmhand

Roman Nowak

as Priest

Bert Sorbon

as The Count

Annmari Kastrup

as Prologue (voice)

Göte Fyhring

as Rectifier

Per Öhlin

as Pimp

Anna Lindroth

as Pig Watch

Rune Ek

as Farmhand

Katarina Strandmark

as Polish Woman

Sigurd Björling

as Priest

Kent-Arne Dahlgren

as Sailor

Gunnar Ekström

as Anton

Ralf Glaerum

as The Cook

Jan Kruse

as Swedish Official in Poland

Peter Lindgren

as The Captain

Hans Nordström

as Old Man at St. Lars

Jan Nygren

as Caretaker at St. Lars

Jan-Ingvar Palm

as The Poet at St. Lars

Gunnar Rundqvist

as The Doctor at St. Lars

Karol Cichecki

as Priest in Catholic church

Ricardo Ausin

as Choirboy

Mathias Kastrup

as Choirboy