Set against the backdrop of the 1909 general strike, Hjördis is employed as a housemaid in a wealthy Stockholm family.
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The people behind it
Anita Ekström
Hjördis
Gösta Bredefeldt
Daniel Severin Larsson
Ingrid Thulin
Inez Crona
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Claes Crona
Sif Ruud
Thekla Rehnholm
Per Myrberg
Sebastian Rehnholm
Evabritt Strandberg
Thérèse Lundström
Frej Lindqvist
Fritz Fredrik Crona
Claire Wikholm
Zaida
Ernst Günther
Theodor Litz, "Finland"
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