Waiting Women

Waiting Women

107 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 3, 1952

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.

Waiting Women

107 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 3, 1952

Waiting Women
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Kvinnors väntan
Directors Ingmar Bergman
Writers Gun Grut Bergman, Ingmar Bergman

Cast

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

Naima Wifstrand

as Mrs. Lobelius

Douglas Håge

as Caretaker

Mona Geijer-Falkner

as Woman delievering newspapers

Wiktor Andersson

as Dustman

Jarl Kulle

as Kaj

Torsten Lilliecrona

as Waiter at the nightclub

Ingmar Bergman

as Man in the Stairs at the Gynecologist's (uncredited)