starring Peter Schildt Roland Hedlund
A selection of some of the best foreign films shown on BBC2 in the last three years ends with Bo Widerberg 's account of a dramatic industrial confrontation which became a turning point in Swedish industrial relations.
Harald, like most of the men in the area of Adalen, has been on strike for 25 weeks in protest against a proposed pay cut. Hunger and boredom fill the men's days, except for Harald's son Kjell, immersed in his first love affair. Then the mill owners bring in professional strike breakers ...
Written, directed and edited by BO WIDERBERG. Films: page 19
(A Swedish film with English sub-titles)