Winter Light

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Cast

Ingrid Thulin

as Märta Lundberg

Gunnar Björnstrand

as Tomas Ericsson

Gunnel Lindblom

as Karin Persson

Max von Sydow

as Jonas Persson

Allan Edwall

as Algot Frövik

Kolbjörn Knudsen

as Knut Aronsson

Olof Thunberg

as Fredrik Blom

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

as Magdalena Ledfors

Tor Borong

as Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)

Bertha Sånnell

as Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)

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