| Max von Sydow | |
| Ewa Froling | |
| Stellan Skarsgard | |
| Lennart Hjulstrom | |
| Liv Ullmann | |
| Bjorn Granath | |
| Erland Josephson | |
| Rikard Wollf | |
| Helge Jordal |
Desperate to feed his wife, Elfrida, and their baby daughter, starving laborer Helge Roos kills an ox belonging to his employer, wealthy farmer Svenning Gustafsson . Helge is caught and jailed, making life even harder for Elfrida and her child. Without the assistance of the fearsome local vicar and Gustafsson's wife, the town's primary charitable benefactor, she must turn to other means to survive.
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