Motherhood or The Grief and Joy of Motherhood (Swedish: Moderskapets kval och lycka) is a 1945 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Birgit Rosengren, Björn Berglund and Allan Bohlin.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj.
Synopsis Eva-Maria Dahl lives a happy married life with husband Erik, but one day she faints and is taken to a doctor who informs her she is pregnant. This is concerning as a doctor has previously told her that with her health conditions it would be dangerous for her to have a child.
Cast Birgit Rosengren as Eva-Maria Dahl Björn Berglund as Erik Dahl Ruth Moberg as Kerstin Manell Allan Bohlin as Sture Manell Barbro Ribbing as Anna Skog Marianne Löfgren as Mrs. Clarin Nils Kihlberg as Mr. Clarin Anna-Lisa Baude as Mrs. Berg Anna Lindahl as Welfare Officer Millan Bolander as Nurse Märta Lisskulla Jobs as Ellen Karlsson Elof Ahrle as Svenne Karlsson Gösta Cederlund as Chief Physician Sten Lindgren as Doctor Börje Mellvig as Gynecologist Naemi Briese as Woman with Erik at the Inn Gunnar Ekwall as Svensson Eivor Engelbrektsson as Nurse Lisbeth Hedendahl as Mrs. Holmgren Agda Helin as Mrs. Björk Margareta Högfors as Miss Klein Greta Liming as Toy store assistant Signe Lundberg-Settergren as Midwife Millan Lyxell as Clerk at the maternity ward Britta Nordin as Elsa Göransson Hanny Schedin as Woman at the maternity ward Georg Skarstedt as Father in taxi Carin Swensson as Shop assistant in milk store Greta Tegnér as Internship Nurse Ivar Wahlgren as Toy store customer
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Bibliography Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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