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.
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Cast
48 people
Anders Åberg
Eije Ström
Also in
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To Be a Millionaire
Gerissa Jalander
Mother
Also in
It Is Never Too Late
Divorced
Harald Paalgard
Anna-Lena Wibom
Jösta Hagelbäck
Bo Lindström
Albin Ström
Also in
Väckning kl. 06.00
Never Travel on a One Way Ticket
Sten Holmberg
Ragnar Grippe
Tomas Norström
Farmhand
Known for
A Cure for Wellness
Kitchen Stories
Birgitta Trotzig
Stig Boquist
Emy Storm
Gerda
Known for
Emil of Lonneberga
Jösta Hagelbäck Director · Birgitta Trotzig Author Ragnar Grippe Composer
First release February 24, 1979 · Produced in Sweden · Languages Polish, Swedish
Production
Treklövern
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Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
Sweden
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Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Polish · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · February 24, 1979
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 26, 1979 · Berlin International Film Festival
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