Only a Mother
A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
Eva Dahlbeck
Maria, aka Rya-Rya
Ragnar Falck
Henrik, Rya-Rya's husband
Ulf Palme
Hammar
Hugo Björne
Eniel
Åke Fridell
Inspector
Mona Geijer-Falkner
Emili
Max von Sydow
Nils
Margaretha Krook
Berta
Mimi Pollak
Erika Rost
Elsa Widborg
Cowman's Wife
Olof Widgren
Rya-Rya's Father
Ulla Smidje
Cecilia, the Sick Girl
Sif Ruud
Teacher
Signe Rydberg-Eklöf
Rya-Rya's Mother
Ernst Brunman
School Council's Chairman
Nils Hultgren
Alm, Cecilia's Father
Mona Malm
Anna, 14 Years
Arne Källerud
O. Rosander, Photographer
Theodor Berthels
Hawker
Emmy Albiin
Woman
Aurore Palmgren
Woman
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Otto 8 Years Later
Rune Stylander
Guardsman
Anders Andelius
Ulf Andersson
Gun Arvidsson
Bengt Berger
Theodor Berthels
Astrid Bodin
Gunnar Collin
Yvonne Eriksson
Jan Hagerman
Svea Holst
Tryggve Jerneman
Arne Källerud
Uno Larsson
Birger Lensander
Sten Mattsson
Björn Montin
Anders Nohrborg
Björn Näslund
Ida Otterström
Erna Ovesen
Aurore Palmgren
Elgina Quist
Gösta Qvist
Sonja Rolén
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Rune Stylander
Alf Sjöberg
Writer
Alf Sjöberg
Director
Ivar Lo-Johansson
Writer
Tova Branzell
Assistant Art Director
Louis Huch
Still Photographer
Dag Wirén
Original Music Composer
Alva Lundin
Title Designer
Oscar Rosander
Editor
Nils Svenwall
Production Design
Per-Olof Pettersson
Sound
Ingegerd Ericsson
Script Supervisor
Carl Anders Dymling
Producer
Bengt Järnmark
Assistant Camera
Martin Bodin
Director of Photography