
Two women—a fashion executive and her young model—experience parallel romantic disappointments during a trip to Gothenburg, exposing generational differences in desire, illusion, and emotional endurance. A transitional work in Ingmar Bergman’s mid-1950s cinema.

Eva Dahlbeck
Susanne

Harriet Andersson
Doris

Gunnar Björnstrand
Otto Sönderby, konsul

Ulf Palme
Henrik Lobelius

Inga Landgré
Fru Lobelius

Benkt-Åke Benktsson
Magnus

Sven Lindberg
Palle Palt
Kerstin Hedeby
Marianne

Naima Wifstrand
Fru Arén

Renée Björling
Maria Berger

Ludde Gentzel
Ferdinand Sundström

Axel Düberg
Fotograf

Git Gay
Butiksbiträde
Marianne Nielsen
Fanny

Jessie Flaws
Make-up artist