The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Stellan Skarsgård
Hans Alfredson
Maria Johansson
Per Myrberg
Gösta Ekman
Carl Billquist
Lena Nyman
Nils Ahlroth
Lars Amble
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
Carl-Åke Eriksson
Cecilia Walton
Wallis Grahn
Else-Marie Brandt
Björn Andrésen
Daniel Alfredson
Erik Spangenberg
Tomas Alfredson
Karin Ekström
Karl-Edvard Jeppsson
Catherine Jeppsson
Ingvar Andersson
Marga Pettersson
Anders Granström
Leif Ernhagen
B.G. Svensson
Stellan Sundahl
Folke Lindh
Jan Wirén
Anna-Carin Krokstäde
Georg Årlin