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Only a Mother

Only a Mother

Only a Mother

6.9/ 10(10 votes)

1h 32m

October 31, 1949

SV

A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.

Directed byAlf Sjöberg

Cast (60)

Eva Dahlbeck

Eva Dahlbeck

Maria, aka Rya-Rya

Ragnar Falck

Ragnar Falck

Henrik, Rya-Rya's husband

Ulf Palme

Ulf Palme

Hammar

Hugo Björne

Hugo Björne

Eniel

Åke Fridell

Åke Fridell

Inspector

Mona Geijer-Falkner

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Max von Sydow

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Nils

Margaretha Krook

Margaretha Krook

Berta

Mimi Pollak

Mimi Pollak

Erika Rost

Elsa Widborg

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Olof Widgren

Rya-Rya's Father

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Cecilia, the Sick Girl

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Teacher

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Rya-Rya's Mother

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Ernst Brunman

School Council's Chairman

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Nils Hultgren

Alm, Cecilia's Father

Mona Malm

Mona Malm

Anna, 14 Years

Arne Källerud

Arne Källerud

O. Rosander, Photographer

Theodor Berthels

Theodor Berthels

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Emmy Albiin

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Aurore Palmgren

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Otto 8 Years Later

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Rune Stylander

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Anders Andelius

Ulf Andersson

Gun Arvidsson

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Bengt Berger

Theodor Berthels

Theodor Berthels

Astrid Bodin

Astrid Bodin

Gunnar Collin

Yvonne Eriksson

Jan Hagerman

Svea Holst

Svea Holst

Tryggve Jerneman

Arne Källerud

Arne Källerud

Uno Larsson

Uno Larsson

Birger Lensander

Birger Lensander

Sten Mattsson

Björn Montin

Anders Nohrborg

Björn Näslund

Ida Otterström

Erna Ovesen

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Sonja Rolén

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