

A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.

Maj-Britt Nilsson

Stig Olin

Birger Malmsten

John Ekman

Margit Carlqvist

Victor Sjöström

Sif Ruud

Erland Josephson

Ernst Brunman

Georg Skarstedt

Svea Holst

Ingmar Bergman

Tor Borong

Astrid Bodin

Agda Helin

Carin Swensson

Allan Ekelund

Maud Hyttenberg

Berit Holmström

Eva Fritz-Nilsson

Björn Montin

Staffan Axelsson

Marianne Schüler

Marrit Ohlsson

Rune Stylander

Gunnar Rystedt

Svea Holm