The Bread of Love (1953)

7.0/10 90 min Drama War

Overview

Four Swedish volunteer soldiers are trapped in Russia. In front of them lies the front with enemy outposts and patrols, behind them the enemy minefields. Hope to return to their own lines decreases each day. Corpses of fallen, "dead of cold and hard as iron", forms the macabre landmarks in the winter landscape. Nearby is a burnt Russian village.

Cast

Folke Sundquist

Prisoner

Georg Rydeberg

Ledin

Nils Hallberg

Tom

Erik Hell

Bouncer

Lennart Lindberg

Narrator

Yngve Nordwall

Vicar

Dagny Lind

Bouncer's Mother

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