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
