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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.
Director Sigurd Wallén
Cast

Gun-Mari Kjellström
Eva as baby

Åke Grönberg
Worker

Hugo Tranberg

Siri Olson
Waitress

Olov Wigren
Chess Player

Solveig Hedengran
Elin Dahlberg

Gunnar Björnstrand
August Palm's Associate

Georg Skarstedt
Secretary

Axel Lagerberg

Victor Sjöström
Hjalmar Branting

Åke Uppström
News Vendor

Oscar Åberg

Thor Modéen
Lindkvist

Arthur Fischer

Nils Hultgren

Oscar Törnblom

Ragnar Widestedt
Fredrik Wachtmeister

Bengt Djurberg
Johan Dahlberg

Carl Barcklind
Semmy Rubenson

Olof Sandborg
King Oscar II

Sven Bergvall
Christian Lundeberg

Gösta Cederlund
Curry Treffenberg

Marianne Aminoff
Eva

Carin Swensson
Hulda Malmström

Georg Fernquist
Berns

Åke Johansson
Helge Thygesen

Ingela Lundstedt
Sigrid Bergström

Axel Högel
Andrakammarriksdagsman

Stina Ståhle
Christina Nilsson

Ludde Juberg
Lars Stendahl

Victor Thorén

Leif Amble-Næss
Harald Bothner

Arne Lindblad
August Palm

Willy Peters
Per Albin Hansson

Karl-Magnus Thulstrup
Crown Prince Gustav

Knut Lambert
Secretary

Yngve Nyqvist

Georg Løkkeberg
Christian Thygesen

Sigurd Wallén
Kalle Lundgren

Ulla Hodell
Eva as young girl

Artur Cederborgh
Paul Petter Waldenström

Hanny Schedin
Stina, barnjungfru

Ernst Brunman

David Erikson

Tord Bernheim
Hilding Nihlén

Rune Carlsten
Karl Staaff

Hartwig Fock
Worker

Olle Hilding
Chess Player

Frithiof Hedvall