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 the doctor's own first love.

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Cast

Victor Sjöström

Professor Isak Borg

Bibi Andersson

Sara

Ingrid Thulin

Marianne

Gunnar Björnstrand

Evald

Jullan Kindahl

Agda

Folke Sundquist

Anders

Björn Bjelfvenstam

Viktor

Naima Wifstrand

Isak's Mother

Gunnel Broström

Mrs. Alman

Gertrud Fridh

Karin, Isak's Wife

Sif Ruud

Aunt Olga

Gunnar Sjöberg

Alman