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Overview

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.

Cast

Victor Sjöström

Hjalmar Branting

Sigurd Wallén

Kalle Lundgren

Bengt Djurberg

Johan Dahlberg

Solveig Hedengran

Elin Dahlberg

Leif Amble-Næss

Harald Bothner

Marianne Aminoff

Eva

N/A

Carl Apolloff

Victomte de Soto Maior

Carl Barcklind

Semmy Rubenson

Sven Bergvall

Christian Lundeberg

Tord Bernheim

Hilding Nihlén

Gunnar Björnstrand

August Palm's Associate

Rune Carlsten

Karl Staaff