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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

Åke Johansson
Helge Thygesen

Ingela Lundstedt
Sigrid Bergström

David Erikson

Arne Lindblad
August Palm

Thor Modéen
Lindkvist

Axel Högel
Andrakammarriksdagsman

Victor Sjöström
Hjalmar Branting

Marianne Aminoff
Eva

Arthur Fischer

Nils Hultgren

Hugo Tranberg

Solveig Hedengran
Elin Dahlberg

Åke Grönberg
Worker

Oscar Törnblom

Leif Amble-Næss
Harald Bothner

Tord Bernheim
Hilding Nihlén

Rune Carlsten
Karl Staaff

Artur Cederborgh
Paul Petter Waldenström

Hartwig Fock
Worker

Olle Hilding
Chess Player

Knut Lambert
Secretary

Siri Olson
Waitress

Georg Løkkeberg
Christian Thygesen

Carin Swensson
Hulda Malmström

Åke Uppström
News Vendor

Frithiof Hedvall

Bengt Djurberg
Johan Dahlberg

Axel Lagerberg

Sigurd Wallén
Kalle Lundgren

Ludde Juberg
Lars Stendahl

Ernst Brunman

Ulla Hodell
Eva as young girl

Stina Ståhle
Christina Nilsson

Hanny Schedin
Stina, barnjungfru

Yngve Nyqvist

Karl-Magnus Thulstrup
Crown Prince Gustav

Ragnar Widestedt
Fredrik Wachtmeister

Victor Thorén

Oscar Åberg

Gösta Cederlund
Curry Treffenberg

Sven Bergvall
Christian Lundeberg

Gun-Mari Kjellström
Eva as baby

Georg Fernquist
Berns

Olof Sandborg
King Oscar II

Carl Barcklind
Semmy Rubenson

Georg Skarstedt
Secretary

Gunnar Björnstrand
August Palm's Associate

Willy Peters
Per Albin Hansson

Olov Wigren
Chess Player