Kejsaren (1979)
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Cast
Anders Åberg, Bo Lindström, Rune Ek, Katarina Strandmark
A young man searching for his mother in Poland is returned to Sweden and confined to a mental hospital.
The story
Between 1938 and 1940, Elje, a young man with an intellectual disability, travels to Poland in search of his mother, who has returned there. The Polish authorities take him into their care and send him back to Sweden, where he is placed in the S:t Lars mental hospital in Lund. There, Elje grows attached to a Polish attendant who reminds him of his mother.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The story is set between 1938 and 1940 and is about Elje, a young man with an intellectual disability. His mother is from Poland and has returned there. Elje goes there to look for her. In Poland, the authorities take Elje into their care and then send him back to Sweden, where he is placed in the S:t Lars mental hospital in Lund. There, he grows attached to a Polish attendant who reminds him of his mother. In an act of madness, however, he murders her and flees to his father’s home. Together, they lie down on the bed and wait for the police.
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