sson (Liv Ullmann) is a psychiatrist married to another psychiatrist; both are successful in their jobs but slowly, agonizingly, she succumbs to a breakdown. Jenny is haunted by images and emotions from her past and eventually cannot function, either as a wife, a doctor or as an individual.
Cast (in credits order)
- Liv Ullmann (Dr. Jenny Isaksson)
- Erland Josephson (Dr. Tomas Jacobi)
- Aino Taube (The Grandmother)
- Gunnar Björnstrand (The Grandfather)
- Kristina Adolphson ( Nurse Veronica)
- Marianne Aminoff (Jenny's mother)
- Gösta Ekman (Mikael Strömberg)
- Helene Friberg
- Ulf Johansson (Helmuth Wankel)
- Sven Lindberg (Jenny's husband)
- Jan-Eric Lindquist (as Jan-Erik Lindqvist))
- Birger Malmsten (Rapist)
- Sif Ruud (Elisabeth Wankel)
- Göran Stangertz (Rapist)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
- Lena Olin (Shop assistant)
- Rebecca Pawlo (Shop assistant)
- Gösta Prüzelius (Jenny's father)
- Tore Segelcke (The woman)
- Kari Sylwan (Maria)