Cast
Anita Björk 
Ulf Palme Märta Dorff
Credits
Written by: 
Alf Sjöberg
Plot
On Midsummer Eve, a count's daughter has a fatal affair with her father's valet. After Strindberg.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alf Sjöberg's adaptation of Strindberg follows a count's daughter and her father's valet on Midsummer Eve, with flashbacks unfolding their fatal intimacy. Anita Björk is magnetic, and the film won the Cannes Grand Prix.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (2,329 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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