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Kejsaren poster

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.

Release: 1979-02-24
Runtime: 97 min
Rating: 9 / 10
Cast
Anders Åberg
Anders Åberg
Eije Ström
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Gerissa Jalander
Mother
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Bo Lindström
Albin Ström
Tomas Norström
Tomas Norström
Farmhand
Emy Storm
Emy Storm
Gerda
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Jan Dolata
The Pimp's helper
Jan Jönsson
Jan Jönsson
Madman at St. Lars
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Anne-Lie Kinnunen
Singer at Tavern
Gisela von Matuska
Gisela von Matuska
Woman at the Polish Church
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Urszula Repinska
Tavern guest
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Bill Salo
Accordion player
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Renata Orlik
Waitress
Richard Hobert
Richard Hobert
Farmhand
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Roman Nowak
Priest
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Bert Sorbon
The Count
Annmari Kastrup
Annmari Kastrup
Prologue (voice)
Göte Fyhring
Göte Fyhring
Rectifier
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Per Öhlin
Pimp