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.

Director: Jösta Hagelbäck

Cast

Anders Åberg

Eije Ström

G

Gerissa Jalander

Mother

B

Bo Lindström

Albin Ström

Tomas Norström

Farmhand

Emy Storm

Gerda

J

Jan Dolata

The Pimp's helper

Jan Jönsson

Madman at St. Lars

A

Anne-Lie Kinnunen

Singer at Tavern