A Russian cellist is subject to a bomb attack following a performance in Ystad. It turns out that she is a witness in a murder prosecution against a member of the Russian mafia.
At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything indicates that the chairman of the board is guilty.
9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.
Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.
Rikard Adamsson, a young man dreaming of becoming a writer, lives a wild and dissolute bohemian life. A ferocious fighter with a heart of gold and a great taste for women. In the military service he gets in trouble, runs away, returns and is sentenced to prison. Inside he finishes his first novel. However, no publisher is interested.
남다른 여성 편력으로도 유명했던 첼로의 대가 펠릭스의 사망 소식이 전해지고, 장례식에는 그의 부인뿐만 아니라 수많은 애인들과 콘서트 매니저 그리고 비평가 코넬리우스가 자리한다. 코넬리우스는 자서전 때문에 펠릭스를 만났던 때를 떠올린다. 며칠이 지나도 펠릭스를 만날 수 없었던 코넬리우스는 펠릭스의 여인들과 이야기하며 그들의 사생활에 대해 알게 된다. 급기야 코넬리우스는 펠릭스를 만나기 위해 여장을 하기에 이른다. 베리만 특유의 우울한 정서를 잃지 않으면서도 얼마나 즐겁고 황홀할 수 있는지 보여주는 코미디. 자기중심적인 예술가 펠릭스와 아집이 센 평론가 코넬리우스 사이의 긴장과 갈등을 통해 예술가와 평론가의 관계를 담아냈으며, 혹자는 평론가들을 향한 베리만의 목소리가 담겨 있다고도 말한다.
In a magnificent villa a 25-year-old son of Count lives with his family. He falls in love with an elementary school teacher. So does even his father the Count.
A young woman struggles with life, love and career. She is courted by a young man but is unwilling to enter into a relationship if it means limiting her freedom.
