Bara En Mor (1949)
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Synopsis of Bara En Mor
Swedish filmmaker Alf Sjoberg's Bara en Mor takes place in a Statare, a farming community where the workers and their families were reduced to virtual serfdom by the landowners. The director uses this setting to decry the restrictive class structure that still existed in Sweden as late as the 1930s. Rya-Rya, the central character played by Eva Dahlbeck, is the mother of a large and ever-expanding brood. Rya-Rya must not only worry about putting food in the mouths of her children, but also reaching the inevitable day when she will have outgrown her usefulness to the landlords -- and must face the loss of her home and land. The drama is heightened by Rya-Rya's passion for two different men. Bara en Mor contained a bit of nudity that caused the film some problems when it was released in the U.S. as Only a Mother. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Bara En Mor
- Eva Dahlbeck - Rya-Rya
- Åke Fridell
- Ulf Palme - Hammar
- Max von Sydow - Nils
- Director(s):
- Alf Sjöberg
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