Kejsaren
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.
Directed by Jösta Hagelbäck · Written by Jösta Hagelbäck
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Cast
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Anders Åberg Eije Ström - Gerissa Jalander Mother
- Bo Lindström Albin Ström
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Tomas Norström Farmhand -
Emy Storm Gerda - Jan Dolata The Pimp's helper
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Jan Jönsson Madman at St. Lars - Anne-Lie Kinnunen Singer at Tavern
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Gisela von Matuska Woman at the Polish Church - Urszula Repinska Tavern guest
- Bill Salo Accordion player
- Renata Orlik Waitress
Make it a double feature
2h 34m together
Kejsaren
Gråtvalsen
Both from Jösta Hagelbäck.
