First feature by Bo Widerberg who could be called the Swedish anti-Bergman. His films focused more on working class Swedes with attention to the social and political conditions affecting them and less on their interior conflicts. Although some link him to the French New Wave, there is a strong social realist feel. And this one in particular reminded me of the British “kitchen sink” films about angry young men.
Set in 1936 when the Swedish Nazi Party was challenging the…