Broken Sky

Erika is 13 years and lives with her parents and her grandmother in the far north of Sweden in the 1940's. The family is depressed and disappointed in life. Erika dreams of a separate being in another world.

Cast

Susanna Käll

as Erika

Thommy Berggren

as Axel

Margaretha Krook

as Grandma

Agneta Eckemyr

as Märta

Svea Holst

as Maternal grandmother

Ernst Günther

as Molin

Fillie Lyckow

as Aunt Ebba

Anders Åberg

as Harmonica man

Axel Düberg

as Nisse

Karin Ericson

as Barbro

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