

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.

Eddie Axberg
Olof Persson

Gudrun Brost
Olof's Stepmother
Ulla Akselson
Olof's Mother
Bo Wahlström
Older Brother
Rick Axberg
Second Brother

Holger Löwenadler
Kristiansson
Göran Lindberg
Olsson
Tage Sjögren
Lund
Tage Jonsson
Linus

Allan Edwall
August
Anna Maria Blind
Woman in Tale

Birger Lensander
Brickworks Intendant

Max von Sydow
Smålands-Pelle

Ulf Palme
Larsson

Jan-Erik Lindqvist
Johansson

Börje Nyberg
Intendant

Gunnar Björnstrand
Lundgren
Signe Stade
Maria

Stig Törnblom
Fredrik

Åke Fridell
Nicke Larsson
Jan Troell
Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell
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