In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

• SF Studios
• Cinematograph AB
• Liv Ullmann
• Max von Sydow
• Sigge Fürst
• Gunnar Björnstrand
• Birgitta Valberg
• Hans Alfredson
• Ingvar Kjellson
• Frank Sundström