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Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
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28/08/1957
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Victor Sjöström
Professor Isak Borg
Bibi Andersson
Sara
Ingrid Thulin
Marianne
Gunnar Björnstrand
Evald
Jullan Kindahl
Agda
Folke Sundquist
Anders
Björn Bjelfvenstam
Viktor
Naima Wifstrand
Isak's Mother
Gunnel Broström
Mrs. Alman
Gertrud Fridh
Karin, Isak's Wife
Sif Ruud
Aunt Olga
Gunnar Sjöberg
Alman
Max von Sydow
Åkerman
Åke Fridell
Wife's Lover
Yngve Nordwall
Uncle Aron
Per Sjöstrand
Sigfrid
Gio Petré
Sigbritt
Gunnel Lindblom
Charlotta
Maud Hansson
Angelica
Ann-Marie Wiman
Åkerman's Wife
Eva Norée
Anna
Lena Bergman
Twin Kristina
Monica Ehrling
Twin Birgitta
Per Skogsberg
Hagbart (uncredited)
Helge Wulff
The Manager (uncredited)
Göran Lundquist
Benjamin (uncredited)
Peder Hellman
Sigbritt's Baby (uncredited)
Vendela Rudbäck
Elisabeth (uncredited)
Ulf Johansson
Isak's Father (uncredited)
Erik Nordgren
Conductor (uncredited)
Josef Norman
Professor Tiger (uncredited)
Gunnar Olsson
Bishop (uncredited)
Harry Asklund
(uncredited)
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Bergman talks about the meaning of life and the pass of time. Great cast, that will repeat in several of Bergman's movies and remarkable performances from Ingrid Thulin and Victor Sjöström.
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There's a great scene near the start of this film that sees an horse-drawn hearse get it's wheel caught between the kerb and a lamp-post. The horses persist in moving forward, the wheel comes off and we have a coffin exposed in the middle of a deserted street. A passer-by approaches the coffin only to find it's occupant still alive - and, worse still, it's him! It's "Dr. Borg" (Victor Sjöström). Is it portentous? Well it made me smile anyway, as does quite a lot of this thought-provoking drama. It centres around this learned man who is to travel to Lund next day to receive a great honour for h…
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