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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Ingmar Bergman
Director, Screenplay
Oscar Rosander
Editor
Gunnar Fischer
Director of Photography
Gösta Ekman
Assistant Director
Allan Ekelund
Producer
Gittan Gustafsson
Production Design
Björn Thermænius
First Assistant Camera
Millie Ström
Costume Design
Nils Nittel
Makeup Artist
Aaby Wedin
Sound Designer
Lennart Wallin
Sound Designer
Sven Rudestedt
Sound Mixer
Göte Lovén
Original Music Composer
Erik Nordgren
Original Music Composer
Louis Huch
Still Photographer
Katinka Faragó
Script Supervisor
Sven Sjönell
Location Manager
Karl-Arne Bergman
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