A week after Mother met Father, she won a camera /n a Iottery.
Father thought the camera shouId be h/s, as he'd bought the t/cket.
Mother sa/d /f he wanted to share /t, he'd have to marry her.
So they got marr/ed.
MARIA LARSSON'S EVERLASTING MOMENTS
My mother's name was Mar/a.
My father's name was S/gfr/d, but he was aIways known as S/gge.
And I was chr/stened Maja.
- ShaII we go pIaying, Maja? - I can't, Ingeborg Miss Öst is coming
- Here? - To our pIace
M/ss st was my schooIteacher.
That she wouId ever come to our home was beyond my w/Idest dreams.
What spIendid craftsmanship
- Father did it - What a taIented father, Maja
My husband used to be at sea
Thank you so much
I brought a book to Iend you, Maja - Thank you, Miss Öst
Maja has toId me you enjoy reading together
''UncIe Tom's Cabin''
PIease excuse me
He comes The same man 't/s today
For our redempt/on we shouId pray
He comes the same man 't/s today
Stina, come over hereto Dad
Come to Dad
Come on
No Leave her be!
No!
Let go! Let go!
W/th mercy's I/ght we may repent
The sun, ne'er h/dden, to us sent
Right
Now you've each got a picture of our oId king, to remember him by
This is our oId King Oscar
I enjoyed schooI more than anyth/ng.
M/ss st was k/nd and w/se and str/ct w/th/n reason.
I dreamed of becom/ng a teacher myseIf.
Does anyone have any questions?
Maja?
Did King Oscar hit his princes and princesses?
King Oscar onIy had princes, Maja
But, if he had had smaII princesses
who had done something they deserved punishing for
then I think they wouId have been spanked a IittIe by the king
You couId never be sure there'd be work /n the docks.
But Father was so strong. If there was work, he'd usuaIIy get /t.
BIoody bastards! Think you can treat us any oId how!
Eh? You swine!
Not a drop
The courtyards were fuII of young, the bu/Id/ngs run-down, cramped.
Go/ng to the pr/vy, we'd stamp our feet to fr/ghten the rats off.
But Mother aIways kept our fIat cIean and t/dy.
She'd say.: ''You see what you want to see. "
Mother's pr/de was her sew/ng mach/ne.
Second-hand, bought /n /nstaIIments.
She couId make anyth/ng peopIe ordered.
She charged 50 cents for a pa/r of trousers.
WouId you Iike me to make you a fine coat, Miss FagerdaI?
No I think not
The pIace is never as neat
as when you cIeaned here, Maria
Do you not wish to start cIeaning here again?
I have my chiIdren to Iook after
ReaIIy? Isn't your daughter oId enough to go into service now?
Maja
Maja goes to schooI now
Let me know when the girI is oId enough She shouIdn't wait
And Sigfrid Larsson
He has been seen yet again intoxicated in pubIic
AImost everyone we knew was /n the Spr/ng FIower Temperance Soc/ety.
Each t/me Father broke h/s vow, we were barred.
Then we were aIIowed back unt/I the next barr/ng.
Are you parting the hair right?
Does it Iook nice?
Sig
- Signe - Why does it say ''Signe''?
WeII
they couIdn't speII ''Maria''
They got it a IittIe wrong
Right Accordion, pIease, ViIIe
Here, Father
The HuIda he must jo/n So to the port apace
the hearty seaman hurr/es and Ieaves h/s Iove's embrace
W/th tears upon h/s cheeks...
The Temperance HaII's two passwords were ''Freedom"and ''Reconc/I/at/on".
ReconciIiation
If you d/dn't know wh/ch to use you weren't aIIowed /n.
ReconciIiation
The password's meant to be kept secret
ReconciIiation
HeIIo, Mother
Sigge
Grandma Ioved Father...
but we d/dn't Iove Grandma.
- Good evening, Maria - Good evening, Mother-in-Law
Say heIIo to Grandma
'Twas on the moors a I/ttIe house a home of need no Iess
The husband was a dr/nk/ng spouse The rest you'II sureIy guess
A n/ght of bIeak and ch/II/ng a/r Her spouse was not about
And /n the/r home no food was there The f/re had Iong been out
Oh teII me fr/end when th/s you hear wouId you embrace that th/ef.:
the dr/nk that robs a man of heaIth and casts a home /n gr/ef?
See the web of Satan banned That dreadfuI v/ce abhor
Ignore the fIask, take Jesus'hand Let goodness re/gn once more
No one couId dance I/ke Father.
Mother sa/d that he couId have won any heart he wanted,
yet he'd chosen hers.
I was so proud of you tonight, Sigge
Promise me now
never again
Never to touch a drop again - Of course not, for Christ's sake
I promise
StockhoImer there, you deserve a right good swig
No thanks
''When I'd Ieft the hiIIs after a week with the watchmakers
my sociaIist opinions had taken root within me; I was an anarchist''
''Anarchist''?
Here, Sigge, read that
Yes?
''SociaIist''
- Going out just as I get home? - Where eIse wouId we get money?
I don't want you cIeaning for capitaIist swine, do you hear?
Where have you Iearned words Iike that?
''Words Iike that''? It's what I mean
- Where's that ViIIe? - What is it?
KaIIe got home, punched bIoody
His trousers were fuII of piss - KaIIe started it
Your boy needs a spanking, Mr Larsson
It's me who brings up my young'ns I'II have no gossips interfering
Did you do that? - KaIIe started it
I said: ''Did you do that?''
KaIIe was saying bad things about you, Father
KaIIe said you were a drunkard, Father
ViIIe was onIy trying to defend you, Father
Sigge Maja's done nothing wrong! Stop that!
No one ever died of a bit of the beIt
Hey...
want a sw/g?
- Mother - HeIIo
Shut your mouth, you damn Finn Let my nippers sing
No That's quite enough
For Christ's sake, can't a man have a bit of fun
- The ch/Idren have a kareI/an angeI. - Let them sing for the Captain
I'II be no angeI /f you don't watch /t.
- I've heard /t before. - What's that?
- You don't aIways get the mean/ng. - What? What's he saying?
- Have a sw/g. - What's he babbIing?
- The mean/ng of the words... - What's he saying?
- You Iecher! - ''My sweet Iass /s fa/rest of aII"
Listen, you fiIthy Finnish bastard! Stop your damned --
Stop it! Stop it!
Stop it!
Here take a sweet, each of you
and go and Iook at the birds
A canary
Men are dreadfuI, whatever they do
But you can't move in here with aII your kids
just because I'm saddIed with your father
Father
It's Sigge
I can't stay with him any Ionger
He promises again and again to stop drinking, but aIways breaks the vow
CouId you heIp me financiaIIy?
Remember, Maria
whom God has joined together
no one may put asunder
He hits me and the chiIdren
You are to stay with Sigfrid
UntiI death do you part
Let no one put asunder
what God has joined together
You must Ieave
I am going home now
Home?
To Kristina
Mother is dead, Father
PreciseIy
Lower it, for God's sake!
We're on strike, for Christ's sake
Here you are
WeII, Maria, your oId man's going to be at home aII day now
We're on strike
We're going to show those bosses what we're worth
- What we're worth? - Quite right
What are we worth with no money?
I can't scrub for any more peopIe and I sew every night
We're done scrubbing for others
Soon we'II have it made
Here's someone who's quick as Iightning and more than eager
Not now, Sigge
Am I to be kept in the doghouse aII year? Come on
No Leave me be
Stop it!
STUDIO
No, Leo
Leo, here
Out
I'm sorry, he's just a puppy
WeII, this camera
Can anything be done with it?
- Be done? - I've had it a whiIe Is it aII right?
WeII, Iet me have a Iook
WeII
It's a good camera A Contessa
Is there a pIate in the hoIder? - A pIate?
- There is - Might it be worth something?
- Were you thinking of seIIing it? - Yes
How much is it worth?
I'm not reaIIy sure
It's a good camera, but
Leave it with me for a coupIe of days and I'II give you a price
AII right
Aren't you going to Ieave a name?
- A name? - So I'II know whose camera it is
It's Larsson
Mrs Larsson You don't sound as though you're from Sweden
No I was born in FinIand, in RaivoIa
WeII Pedersen's the name
I'm from Denmark -- Odense
No, that's for you to keep
- I see - Oh, yes
- Thank you - Look forward to seeing you
Mrs Larsson
Piff, paff, puff!
Come back tomorrow and I'II give you a price
And we can see if the pIate has registered your picture
- Go home to EngIand, bIackIegs! - Go home!
- Go home to EngIand! - Damn idiots!
Go home!
Father wasn't one for poI/t/cs.
But br/ng/ng a sh/pIoad of Br/t/sh str/kebreakers to do h/s work
was more than he couId take.
Don't take our bread!
Damn bIackIegs, go home to EngIand!
Have a Iook at this, Mrs Larsson
Just Iook at me
The picture has been affected a bit as the pIate was so oId
I just don't see how a picture comes to be
May I ask for your hand, Mrs Larsson?
Look
There
It's a miracIe
HoId tight
I don't think you shouId seII this camera without even having tried it
If you have five minutes I'II show you how to use it
- Best of Iuck - Thank you
Now, keep absoIuteIy stiII
Remember, not a word about this to a Iiving souI
This is our secret - What about Father?
No, not to Father either
It's a miracIe
Three Ioaded hoIders
the red Iamp
Oh, Mr GreveIius, this is Mrs Larsson
- Good afternoon - Good afternoon
And deveIoper and fixer
But I cannot accept aII these things I have no money
But you have the camera I am to purchase
I'II take the camera as a deposit, but you are to Iook after it
- Look after it? - You can use it
We can deduct the pIates and chemicaIs when I buy it
I see
WeII
They say things wiII expIode if we don't accept present wages
- Kropotkin you don't know of him? - No
The anarchist, Prince Kropotkin who wrote this book
No
There
There you are
Those damn bIack-cunts are snoozing onboard over there
We ought to ram a stick of dynamite up their backsides
I'm gIad some parts of you are not on strike
You're a Iive one Jump up there
It's been a whiIe since you had the chance, huh?
What the heII!
- What was that? - God knows
What have they done?
- I've no idea - They're out of their minds
Christ, it's h/m.
Where have you been?
At the strike
AII night?
Tonight
big things happened
Rest assured B/g things
ReaIIy
You smeII of perfume
Perfume? Oh, no It's dynamite
I smeII of dynamite
Perfume
A worker doesn't snitch and that's that
For a thousand kronor somebody wiII
What wouId you do it for? Ten thousand?
A thousand kronor
What couIdn't you do with that money
You
and me and Sigge junior
No PuII yourseIf together
Enough of that - But what if?
If you weren't so damn stupid you'd remember his name
Then there'd be some point to your ''what if'
Anton
Anton NiIsson
- Anton NiIsson? - Yes
A thousand There's aIways someone who can't keep their trap shut
They've caught the murderer
What damn murderer?
The SS AmaIthea man
He's not a murderer
One dead, seven injured
Strikebreakers
They're human beings, too
''For carrying out the attack on the personneI-carrier vesseI AmaIthea
a suspect has been arrested
The circumstantiaI evidence is considerabIe
The detained man, Anton NiIsson,
is a Young SociaIist Party member
seen as one of the most fanaticaI
Others are suspected of having been behind him
An investigation is in progress''
Where are you off to?
- Where is it? - Where's what?
- The money? - What money?
The thousand kronor You squeaIed
No I didn't
- Where is the money? - I haven't done anything!
Sigge, I don't have any money
- Sigfrid Larsson? - Yes
- Come with me, pIease - What's this about?
I think you know
Is it reaIIy worth making a fuss about? A IittIe sIap?
One dead, severaI injured You caII that a ''IittIe sIap''?
You think I was in on the bIast?
I'm innocent
- A constabIe saw you - Sigge, what have you done?
WeII, weII
DaIman is going to have to deaI with the vermin here again
It's been a whiIe
- DaIman? - Yes
He'd better start sharpening his bIade
Does the name Tektor mean anything to you?
He had to take three swipes to get his head off
Ouch, ouch, ouch
But don't you worry It wasn't DaIman on the job that time
That's Iife
A Iot of singers we've got here
Your accompIice opposite us is singing his swan song, too
But you're quiet
Mrs Larsson?
Yes? What's it concerning?
Just to say that you need not be frightened
I don't understand
No need to worry, Mrs Larsson
Your husband didn't bIow anyone up
Not the other night, at any rate
I can vouch for that
Sigge, your husband, he waIked me home
There were EngIishmen everywhere It was dangerous
One thing Ied to another
But I'm sure you know, Maria --
Mrs Larsson, that he's more than eager
Perhaps I shouId go to the poIice and taIk to them
What do you think, Mrs Larsson?
Eat up your food now, Sigge my boy
You need your strength
What for?
I'II not be given work just because the strike's over
It's a good thing you know that MatiIda
Damn kids
You can't behave Iike that in America The poIice wiII fetch you
Aunt Tora's husband must have struck Iucky /n Amer/ca.
He had sent t/ckets to her and aII her ch/Idren
so they couId jo/n h/m there.
- What's that? - A camera
Form a group
Look at the camera - Am I aII right here, Maria?
- One, two, three - Hurry up
We've got to go onboard Come aIong
- Good-bye - Bon voyage
Wait I'II have that, to heIp pay off our debt
No You're not to take it
- It's aIready been pawned - Pawned?
- At Pedersen the photographer's - Behind my back?
Who's been going behind whose back
You're bringing that up?
Here
It was to be a Christmas surprise, but it doesn't matter now
WeII I'II be
I took it
You took it?
After the str/ke, Father was not g/ven work at the docks aga/n
but he was seIdom out of work.
Whoa there
You handIe both man and beast weII, Larsson
Thank you
ÅIund wiII be Ieaving us soon
He's caught a bout of sociaIism
But you don't suffer from that affIiction
No Not me
Thank you
''Our Lord created the SmåIander and made him witty, contented,
diIigent and cIever, to achieve what he needed in his meager Iand''
Good, Maja
You go on, Ingeborg
- Me, Miss? - Yes, Ingeborg Stand up, pIease
I know
Louder, Ingeborg
a country
on earth
No!
Now then, chiIdren
A good try, Ingeborg
PIease sit down again
Ingeborg Ingeborg
Ingeborg
God who Ioves us one and aII Care for me who am so smaII
Where e'er I wander far and w/de God be aIways by my s/de
Come joy, come not,: yet from above God grants happ/ness /n Iove.
Time to go to sIeep Good night
There
Dear God, bring Ingeborg back to Iife Forgive me Let her Iive again
- Good evening - Come in
I was wondering, if you, Maria,
might be abIe to photograph Ingeborg tomorrow
To remember her by I shaII pay you for it, Maria
Here you are
I've never seen her so beautifuI
How much does it cost?
Nothing at aII
It's in memory of Ingeborg
May I keep this picture?
It's just something I took first, before I took the picture
Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing
Mrs Larsson
if I get to keep this picture
you'II have paid for your pIates and printing paper and cIeared your debt
Piff, paff, puff That's settIed
We have so many cIients these days, and now that my assistant's Ieaving
I was wondering perhaps
Mrs Larsson, if you might Iike to start working here?
- Me? - Yes
But I cannot
My chiIdren, and
Ah, Larsson and your wife
You're expecting, I see - Yes, Sir Number five it'II be
You can never have too many chiIdren as fine as these
Borrow a wagon tomorrow and take the famiIy for an outing
Thank you kindIy, Sir
Mrs Larsson, you can be proud of your husband
Hope he handIes his wife as weII as he handIes horses
Good day Thank you
You appear to handIe capitaIism weII, I see
This is Maggie, bookshop assistant - How do you do?
I'm Sigfrid Larsson, former dock's rogue
I'm Maria Larsson How do you do?
Don't give her that Iook, Sigge Maggie is mine
WeII then, who do we have here?
Good day
- ViIIe! - Come on! Come on!
- ViIIe! - Come on, ViIIe!
What did I say? I knew it
Leo HeeI
HeeI, boy
Leo Come on, boy
Isn't Father coming home, too?
What are you standing there staring at? Go to bed
Here comes your own fIower merchant
w/th a spIend/d array aII for h/s own sweet goIden rose
Here you are AII picked in meadows
- And where have you been? - Up you get Now for some fun
Up you get
Bottoms up and down the hatch we go
- Mother, can't we ride, too? - No
- And bring the camera - We're off for a ride
Let me go! Let go!
- Stop Stop - Don't drink, Father
- Stop! - Stop!
There There
FIVE YEARS LATER 1 91 4
Good morning
We moved from MaImö to L/mhamn.
It was moIdy and aII. But there was someth/ng we'd never had before.
Anna, can you go over to the waII there
and press --
There Let there be Iight
Accordion
Father sa/d, ''From now on, everyth/ng's go/ng to get better. "
We had got two new s/bI/ngs.: Anna and EIon.
And now V/IIe had become the fam/Iy mus/c/an.
Both Father and V/IIe had found work at the I/mestone quarry.
It was permanent empIoyment.
Maja In you aII come
Don't touch that
Father was pIeased to be caIIed up.
A worId war couIdn't be worse than the I/mestone quarry.
Maria, can't you fetch the camera and take a picture, to remember us by?
I'm not sure where it is
EngIund, we're going to take a picture Get the camera
- Not in a capitaIist uniform - HoId the Mauser
- Maggie wouId Iike a picture - I doubt it
STUDIO
Can I heIp you?
Mr Pedersen is not here?
The photographer is busy in the studio
CouId I assist you perhaps?
WeII, I'd very much Iike to speak to Mr Pedersen
I see
There's someone out here Iooking for you, Mr Pedersen
Just a moment and I'II be there
Mrs Larsson
It's been quite some time
My husband wants a photograph of himseIf in uniform
Uniforms are the rage this year
Mr Pedersen
Just a moment pIease, Captain
I need printing paper, chemicaIs
Right
Miss Petrén
wouId you puII out the Brandenburg Gate, behind the captain?
By aII means PIease excuse me
So you stiII take pictures?
I haven't had the camera out since Iong before we moved
You've moved?
To Limhamn
There's the tram
The number four
Forgive me, but the captain can't wait any Ionger
- It's aImost five I've got to go - One moment, Captain
Mrs Larsson is one of our most esteemed cIients, Miss Petrén
Come back soon
WeII then
- Thank you - Don't mention it
There
- Maja, Miss FagerdaI has a brother - Yes?
Sometimes he can be
No It was nothing
- Good-bye, Mother - Good-bye
ERNESTINE FAGERDAL WIGMAKER
This is my brother AIgot's watch He coIIects watches
Be carefuI now
Yes, Miss FagerdaI
If Maja is as gifted a maid as your mama
then one day you shaII heIp me with my wigs
Why can they not wash their hair properIy, before seIIing it?
Maja, hurry, girI Unbutton me
I'II pay you one cent per fIea
But you must heIp me with my Iiniment
Just think how I'm made to suffer through the uncIeanIiness of others
AIgot, did you remember the Iiniment?
- Yes - ShouId Maja put it on your back too?
Not this evening
CIose the fIap for Christ's sake
- I've got a bad coId - That's your third heIping, Sigge
Right you are Tasty
- We don't even get Iive ammunition - I shouId hope not
Who'd dare turn their back on you?
Father sa/d he'd never eaten as good as dur/ng the war.
And not a s/ngIe gI/mpse of the enemy.
I'II teII you this, any more of this soup
and no one wiII dare come within range
One fIea's worth
Two fIeas
Three fIeas, four and
five IittIe fIeas
They want me to rub down his back
Right
Dear Lord, bIess our meaI Amen
It is a great time we Iive in
AII is changing
Soon Europe wiII no Ionger have borders
No, Mr FagerdaI
My sister's visiting the ByIunds
You and I, Maja, wiII have to manage on our own here
Maja, you may prepare to rub down my back now
Maja, your hands are as dainty as your mother's
Maja, pIease
My dear sweet Maja
Maja, things are fine here, aren't they?
PIease, sweet Maja
No, Maja Maja
Maja! Maja, open
You misunderstand me
Maja
Open the door PIease, sweet Maja
Open the door!
Maria, it was a pity about that misunderstanding
No one can faiI to understand that your brother is a true Iecher
What did you say, Maria
I, too, had to deaI with his improper advances
I've never heard the Iikes of it
My brother was RoyaI Theatre stage manager in Copenhagen --
Consider yourseIf Iucky my husband has not ''heard the Iikes of it''
Your brother is fortunate Sigge is not on Ieave
- Had he known -- - Yes, yes
But everyone is fond of young Maja
We'II find her a position at one of my Iady acquaintances'
Maja is due for a fair sum in wages from the gentIefoIk here
That can be discussed
I've certainIy no time for that
After months of war /n Europe,
there was a ''three-k/ngs meet/ng" /n MaImö.
Excuse me
The Nord/c k/ngs met for taIks
on how to keep our nat/ons out of the war.
Our Iand, our Iand Our fatherIand
Words, sound /n m/ghty ch/me
No h/IIs there are by heaven spanned
Nor vaIIeys w/de Nor sea-swept sand
More Ioved than /n th/s Northern cI/me
Upon our so/I subI/me
Four cheers for the Kings
- Hip, hip! - Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!
Oh, gIor/ous mounta/n-cIad Iand of the north
That's my picture?
Yes They bought the photograph
Here It's not very much
A IittIe extra before Christmas perhaps
My picture in the paper
- Father - Good afternoon, Father
- Mother's picture is in the paper - Is this the Larssons'?
Sigge
- What the heII are you up to? - Taking pictures
Everyone wants a Christmas portrait
Are you out of your mind?
- Huh? Get them out of here - Sigge
I've returned from risking my Iife
Get the womenfoIk out of here
Right Who's turn is it?
Hers
Look at the camera
Piff, paff, puff
Maggie has Ieft me
- Again? - She's taken the chiIdren this time
My oId Iady just carries on with that damn camera
Maria is a reaI gem
A gem?
She's hard
Hard as rock
Back to the Sahara
Sarah?
The Sahara The damn desert, EngIund
The drought, the coId
the nights and the siIence
Just Iook at this
They just smeII of fish
It's there, despite aII efforts
It smeIIs good SmeIIs of the sea
And you wanted to be an expIorer
How's your confirmation coming aIong, Maja?
Going weII? Do you know the Commandments?
Every one of them, Father
IncIuding this one
''Thou shaIt not commit aduItery'' ''What is that?''
''We are to fear and Iove God
that we might Iead a pure and chastened Iife, in word and deed
and that each of us might Iove and cherish his wedded spouse''
I saw Maja and Gunnar kissing
- What? - I saw Maja and Gunnar kissing
You did, did you?
Is that true?
So the IittIe Iady thinks she can be any oId scoundreI's fiancée
I see aII Understand?
If you as much as kiss a Iad, I can see it in your face
Just watch your step
LoveIy chiIdren you've got, Maria
Look at my EIsa She's got nothing
Don't say that, Anna
What's to become of her?
She's incapabIe
If I'd known, I wouId have done what the AhIström woman did
What do you mean?
She jumped off the kitchen tabIe
again and again untiI her baby dropped
I'd Iike to take a picture of her
May I?
EIsa?
AII right
Yes, of course
- How is he? - Much better now
Maja, you'II have to see to EIon a whiIe Ionger
I'm photographing EIsa
Mother, Gunnar is aIready waiting
Then he'II have to wait a IittIe Ionger
AII you care about is your pictures
and that Pedersen man
I'm sorry
And Father just chases other women
I can't think why you want a picture of me, Mr Pedersen
May I not caII you Maria?
Why of course, Mr --
Ludwig Efraim
- Sebastian - Yes, caII me Sebastian
Is Mrs Pedersen interested in photography?
Maria, Iook at the camera
Mrs Pedersen,
Iives in Copenhagen these days
and is now Mrs Listreus
PIease, Iook this way
The war went on and on.
AII we had to eat was turn/ps.
Bo/Ied turn/ps, fr/ed turn/ps, stewed turn/ps.
Yet we were by no means starv/ng, as Father now worked at the m/II.
But we were hungry aII the t/me.
It's not worth it, Sigge
EngIund
Are you back?
So, no revoIution in EsIöv either
And Maggie?
They have such beautifuI eyes
They're Iooking at me, Mother
Maja, my sweet.
How about that, EngIund? Pigeon in gravy
Better than turnips
In America they'd caII these sparrows
They don't eat anything smaIIer than turkeys there
Are you going to America too, Grandma?
As soon as the war's over
Aunt Tora is to send me a ticket Then you'II be rid of me
Is that a promise?
EngIund, you shouId go to America
There's something to suit everyone there
- Good evening, Grandma - Good evening to you, Sven
A fine time to arrive
when your grandma is visiting
Sven's been in cIass
The Reverend thinks I shouId study, says I have a head for it
Do the right thing, work Iike everyone eIse
Given the chance, you shouId give it a try
Miss Öst has said I can study German with her
I want to be a teacher
The things we'd Iike to be But money won't drop out of the sky
Those damn turnips
Perhaps you'II be going to America by baIIoon
Father found /t hard to forg/ve EngIund for hang/ng h/mseIf...
not because he had to pay for h/s funeraI,
but because he'd Iost h/s best fr/end.
Damn EngIund
Damn Kropotkin
Sigge
come and Iook at this
Isn't that your oId woman?
Yes, it is
- Come back tomorrow - Open the door Open up
- We're cIosed - I'm aware of that
- No Excuse me, we're cIosed - What's this?
- Who are you? - What are you up to with my oId Iady?
Been keeping her company? If I find out you --
I'm taking this
If I find out you're invoIved with her you damn weII better watch it
You mark my words Damn photographer bastard
Come on, Sigge
Socks off
- I'II get in the water - Yes
Now then, we'II get you aII washed and cIean
What's this?
Where did you get that?
I'm asking you. What is this damn garbage?
Don't just sit there on your damn ass, Iying straight to my face
Was that rabbit aII you couId find to cuckoId me with?
You're hardIy particuIar yourseIf
Answer my question! And watch out!
That camera's going to go
- You're not going to touch it - Oh yes, I am Get it, now
You're not taking that camera!
- I'm going to kiII you - Do it
Put an end to everything - Behind my back!
Go on, do it
Huh?
You and your fIoozies
What a coward you are
Right
Bath time's over
Farmer's Iumber/ng Iogs /n the forest TroII's /n the woods - tra-Ia-Ia
Farmer heard h/m...
La-Ia-Ia-Ia... Logs and Iumber tra-Ia-Ia
The war just went on and on.
And there was yet another mouth to feed now.: Er/k's.
- Erik - He's not eaten anything aII day
Father
Erik's got poIio
I jumped off the tabIe to get rid of the baby
Why on earth
Sigge forced himseIf on me
I didn't want to have that baby
My Erik
I tried to get rid of him
It's my fauIt he's faIIen iII
She just made that up
She must have gone to an abortionist
It's not your fauIt at aII, Maria
Good
That's the way
WeII done, Erik Good
After severaI months, Er/k was at Iast home aga/n from hosp/taI.
HeIIo, cat
- There he is - What's he doing?
- PIaying - What?
- He's pIaying - Why's he pIaying?
Mother
He's so IoveIy
Yes
You are
You're so IoveIy And there's the cat, yes
He's been waiting for you
He's waited for so Iong The cat's missed you
No
Naughty!
I don't want it anymore
It's as if the pictures take over
I forget I'm a mother
It turns me into another person - Goodness me
Let's have a cup of coffee Come on
What do you see as you Iook through the camera, Maria?
You see a worId to be expIored,
to preserve, to describe
Those who've seen it
cannot mereIy cIose their eyes
You can't turn back
WeII, perhaps you couId take my picture instead
What do you say?
Paris?
The catacombs?
I know
Move!
What are you up to, damn horse!
Move!
Christ!
You damn horse!
What the heII are you doing Are you out of your mind?
Let's see that Ieg There, there
- Get a vet! Have it destroyed - Sigge knows about horses
- He knows about sIaughtering? - If I did, you wouIdn't be aIive
Leave, damn it, you dung heap!
A good thing he stumbIed over whiIe you were here
It couId have been somebody eIse
This'II have to do as a stabIe for the time being
- He's a mischief-maker - What's his name?
His name is
Kropotkin
Kro
potkin
I was going to caII him EngIund,
but I'm not so sure it suits a horse
- No - Kropotkin wiII have to do
Father, we're going to the cinema
Can't you come?
Can't Father come? - What horse is that?
We'd better hurry up
And what's so damn funny here?
Huh?
Is it me you're Iaughing at?
Because I'm so bIoody stupid,
working and wearing myseIf out whiIe you Iot are aII having fun
Is that it? Huh?
The bad man Iooked just Iike you, Father
And UncIe Piff Paff Puff was funny too, waIking Iike CharIie ChapIin
How in God's name can you
with my chiIdren
How couId you take my chiIdren?
We just had a bit of fun
I'm going to sIit your throat, you damned --
That's enough!
God knows I've tried But now I've had enough
Oh yes
My chiIdren!
Do it
Do it, Sigge, but remember the chiIdren
The poI/ce arrested Father.
Th/s t/me he was beh/nd bars for much Ionger.
Get the candIe
What are you doing?
We're wrapping up a parceI to give Father
He's better off than we are
Oh, Mother, Father is aII aIone
Are you going to Ieave Father, Mother?
Aren't you, Mother?
We have other things to consider
Is it because Grandpa said
that you were to stay with Father untiI your dying day?
Grandpa has been dead ten years
Why bother about that now?
We're managing
Things are better now Father's not at home
Sven can study And I couId do my German
I'II hear no more of this now
Maria Larsson
- Good morning - Maria Larsson?
Yes
WeII, I need money to pay the rent and buy food
We're a Iarge famiIy and
- How many chiIdren? - Seven
My husband is unabIe to support the famiIy
Why can't your husband support the famiIy?
He is
Speak up, woman
I'm sorry
Ashamed?
Because of what your husband did?
Because I don't miss him
This'II cure aImost anything Madeira
No, no, no I never touch spirits
This isn't strong
It's aromas in a gIass
A preserved countryside
as in your pictures
Maria
Cheers
Cheers, Sebastian
WeII, I've got something here
WeII, I --
Look, Leo We're beginning to resembIe each other more and more
Thank you
- Right - Maria, I'd
I have something to say
Getting to know you
is one of the best things that has ever happened to me
Daydreaming, Mrs Larsson?
Good morning Yes
The rent, of course
WouId you consider a postponement, Mr OIsson?
I've a sewing order I'II soon be deIivering I'II do it as fast as I can
I couId take the horse
That wouId cover the rent untiI your husband gets home
- Thank you Can I think it over? - By aII means, Mrs Larsson
- Good morning, Stina - Good-bye
Kropotkin is Father's horse
I know, but we've got the rent to pay and food to buy
You're not suggesting we eat Kropotkin?
Mrs Larsson, I thought of something
wouId you consider taking photographs of my shop?
If that proved successfuI, I couId recommend my finer customers
to inquire of your services, Mrs Larsson
Thank you
Thank you very much
What are you doing, Mother?
Packing your father's things
ShaII I heIp you, Mother?
No I can manage
So you came after aII
Look who's there
- Hi there, you oId bastard - HeIIo
Anna
WeII, I'II be
Kropotkin
So you kept him after aII
Father
ViIIe
So you're using the bike, huh? It's mine
EIon HeIIo
HeIIo, IittIe feIIow You've grown, too
Let's Iook at you Shy of your dad?
Not? Do you Iove your dad?
Good boy
SIeep weII
This --
Perhaps you'd Iike to have my oId enIarger
Good afternoon
I tried to teII you Iast time
I want to be cIoser to my daughter
I'm to be a grandfather
In a few weeks, I'II be moving to Odense
Here
This wouId suit you weII
It's a Contessa
Take it Use it
Miss Petrén is taking over the shop - Yes Haberdashery
When are you Ieaving?
Any day now
The movers are here
I'm coming
I'II send a porter with the enIarger
After you
DARKROOM
It needs a bit doing to it, but we can soon move in
I've borrowed enough to get us started
What do you say?
''S Larsson, HauIing''
S LARSSON, HAULING
Good day
No one /mag/ned Father wouId ever start h/s own hauI/ng company.
No one except Father, poss/bIy.
Yet he d/d.
And bus/ness was so good he couId run aII the members
to the annuaI temperance soc/ety out/ng.
Aunt Tora was over from Amer/ca...
w/th aII her ch/Idren.
We were do/ng weII.
We ch/Idren d/d not have to abandon aII our dreams.
Sven was the f/rst /n the fam/Iy to pass un/vers/ty entrance exams.
My I/ttIe brother Er/k never Iearned to waIk w/thout crutches.
But he couId sw/m.
Somet/mes he'd s/t on the seabed.
''You th/nk so weII down there, " he sa/d.
''And you don't we/gh anyth/ng. "
When Mother Iooked at her p/ctures she'd say.:
''Imag/ne, we'II aIways be here.
These moments w/II be everIast/ng. "
Why Mother stayed w/th Father I've aIways found a mystery.
Perhaps /t was Iove.
Mother was not weII.
She had a heart cond/t/on.
A wh/Ie after the out/ng, she d/ed.
Years Iater, I d/scovered an undeveIoped pIate /n her camera.
It was the onIy p/cture Mother ever took of herseIf.