Tyra Leijman-Uppström

Augusta (Dagmar Ebbesen) and her man receives a letter from the countryside one day therein her come-by-chance daughter Lisa announces her arrival to Stockholm. During the travel Lisa befriends Holger (Thor Modéen) whom makes her company to her mother and step father.

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.

Victor Sjöström met en scène ce drame social saisissant basé sur la pièce de 1906 de Nils Krok. À propos d'une femme et d'une mère qui, lorsque son mari tombe malade et meurt, est forcée à l'hospice et doit voir ses enfants confiés à des familles d'accueil. Ce film a influencé un grand débat en Suède sur la sécurité sociale.

A bachelor in Stockholm must invent a family to be able to get financial support from his aunt Anna. Everything is going well until she arrives on an unexpected visit.