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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

Thor Modéen
Lindkvist

Ragnar Widestedt
Fredrik Wachtmeister

Gunnar Björnstrand
August Palm's Associate

Ludde Juberg
Lars Stendahl

Oscar Åberg

Axel Lagerberg

Rune Carlsten
Karl Staaff

Stina Ståhle
Christina Nilsson

Olle Hilding
Chess Player

Axel Högel
Andrakammarriksdagsman

Victor Thorén

Yngve Nyqvist

Sigurd Wallén
Kalle Lundgren

Solveig Hedengran
Elin Dahlberg

Artur Cederborgh
Paul Petter Waldenström

Georg Skarstedt
Secretary

Arthur Fischer

Victor Sjöström
Hjalmar Branting

Carin Swensson
Hulda Malmström

Georg Fernquist
Berns

Bengt Djurberg
Johan Dahlberg

Leif Amble-Næss
Harald Bothner

Åke Johansson
Helge Thygesen

Karl-Magnus Thulstrup
Crown Prince Gustav

David Erikson

Gun-Mari Kjellström
Eva as baby

Arne Lindblad
August Palm

Tord Bernheim
Hilding Nihlén

Sven Bergvall
Christian Lundeberg

Georg Løkkeberg
Christian Thygesen

Oscar Törnblom

Åke Uppström
News Vendor

Nils Hultgren

Hanny Schedin
Stina, barnjungfru

Olov Wigren
Chess Player

Hugo Tranberg

Hartwig Fock
Worker

Frithiof Hedvall

Ingela Lundstedt
Sigrid Bergström

Olof Sandborg
King Oscar II

Åke Grönberg
Worker

Ernst Brunman

Gösta Cederlund
Curry Treffenberg

Ulla Hodell
Eva as young girl

Marianne Aminoff
Eva

Willy Peters
Per Albin Hansson

Knut Lambert
Secretary

Siri Olson
Waitress

Carl Barcklind
Semmy Rubenson