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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Victor Sjöström | Dr. Eberhard Isak Borg |
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Bibi Andersson | Sara |
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Ingrid Thulin | Marianne Borg |
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Gunnar Bjornstrand | Dr. Evald Borg |
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Jullan Kindahl | Agda |
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Folke Sundquist | Anders |
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Bjorn Bjelfvenstam | Viktor |
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Naima Wifstrand | Mrs. Borg - Isak's Mother |
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Gunnel Brostrom | Berit Alman |
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Gertrud Fridh | Karin Borg - Isak's wife |
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Sif Ruud | Aunt Olga |
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Gunnar Sjoberg | Sten Alman |
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Max Von Sydow | Henrik Åkerman |
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Ake Fridell | Karin's Lover |
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Yngve Nordwall | Uncle Aron |
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Per Sjöstrand | Sigfrid Borg |
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Gio Petré | Sigbritt Borg |
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Gunnel Lindblom | Charlotta Borg |
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Maud Hansson | Angelica Borg |
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Ann-Marie Wiman | Eva Åkerman |
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Eva Norée | Anna Borg |
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Lena Bergman | Kristina Borg |
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Monica Ehrling | Birgitta Borg |
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Peder Hellman | Sigbritt's Baby |
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Ulf Johansson | Mr. Borg - Isak's Father |
Director | Ingmar Bergman |
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Writer | Ingmar Bergman | |
Producer | Allan Ekelund | |
Musician | Erik Nordgren, Göte Lovén | |
Photography | Gunnar Fischer |