About
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for...
Cast
Victor Sjöström
Professor Isak Borg
Bibi Andersson
Sara
Ingrid Thulin
Marianne Borg
Gunnar Björnstrand
Evald Borg
Jullan Kindahl
Agda
Folke Sundquist
Anders
Björn Bjelfvenstam
Viktor
Naima Wifstrand
Mrs. Borg - Isak's Mother
Gunnel Broström
Berit Alman
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#171 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
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Awards
Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Ingmar Bergman