00:00:30:CRISIS 00:01:32:This town is so very small. 00:01:36:It dips its feet into the river 00:01:39:and slumbers softly|in the greenery. 00:01:43:There is no train station to disturb|its meditative peace. 00:01:48:With no industry, no harbour 00:01:51:to hasten the steady pace|of the day 00:01:54:or the still peace of the evening. 00:01:58:The event of the day|is the arrival of the bus. 00:02:01:It brings newspapers, post|and unfamiliar faces. 00:02:05:One can discern a trace|of a dangerous, bustling life. 00:02:12:Today a wholly unfamiliar lady|is stepping off the bus. 00:02:16:Everything about her is alien|and slightly unsettling. 00:02:20:Dress, face, nails, hat and eyes - 00:02:23:everything about her|speaks of the big wide world. 00:02:29:Yet well-informed parties|can easily guess 00:02:33:what, and who, the lady|has come about. 00:02:36:It is Mrs Jenny, who after 18 years|has come for her daughter Nelly, 00:02:42:who has grown up in the care of|Miss Ingeborg Johnson. 00:02:45:Many agree with Uncle Edward,|Ingeborg's family doctor, who says: 00:02:50:"This is going to be|a terrible blow to Ingeborg." 00:02:55:Miss Ingeborg is a piano teacher 00:02:59:and lets a room to a young|veterinarian by the name of Ulf, 00:03:03:but who she usually calls "Uffe". 00:03:06:Let the play begin! 00:03:08:I wouldn't call this|a great or harrowing drama. 00:03:13:It is merely an everyday play. 00:03:16:Almost a comedy. 00:03:20:Let's raise the curtain. 00:03:23:You play with your fingers, not your|elbows. One, two, three, four... 00:03:28:I say, Malin,|do you call that beating cushions? 00:03:33:Oh, it's not that important, is it? 00:03:35:No, it isn't. 00:03:45:Kalle, you won't become|a good piano player 00:03:48:if your heart isn't in it. 00:03:50:God knows there is|no heart in your playing, 00:03:55:Let's be happy Beethoven is deaf. 00:04:03:- Malin, you're to polish the kettle.|- Is that to be polished too? 00:04:08:Never mind. You work too hard|before you come here. 00:04:11:It's because I'm so cheap. 00:04:13:Now, then!|Small pay is still pay, my dear girl! 00:04:17:Let's take a break.|Have a sweet. 00:04:21:You have one, too. 00:04:23:Wipe your fingers on your hanky,|if you have one! 00:04:32:- Hello!|- Nelly... Are you home already? 00:04:35:Oh, Mutti, I'm in a dreadful hurry.|I'm picking up a parcel 00:04:40:and then I'm meeting Uffe. 00:04:42:He said he wanted to talk to me. 00:04:44:- Are you looking forward to tonight?|- I'm so happy my stomach aches! 00:04:49:Dearest child! 00:04:52:There's Auntie Jessie,|you'll have to play with her instead. 00:04:57:- Hello, Auntie Jessie!|- Well, I never... 00:05:01:Hello, dear Jessie! 00:05:04:- Ingeborg, I...|- Your hair looks beautiful. 00:05:09:- What's so special about it?|- I don't know... 00:05:12:- The colour makes you look younger.|- Doesn't it just! 00:05:24:- Do you want to borrow money?|- One can talk of other things. 00:05:28:You owe me a lot...|73 kronor and 50 ore. 00:05:33:- Any shoes that need polishing?|- Don't worry. 00:05:37:Then I'm done. 00:05:39:- What do I owe you?|- 2.25. 00:05:48:I have no money today. 00:05:52:Can you lend me five kronor?|I really need it. 00:05:56:You who have such a lovely purse...|I've never seen a lovelier one. 00:06:00:- I have two kronor in my hanky.|- Five, Malin, five... 00:06:04:- My mother used to say...|- Let her rest in her grave. 00:06:08:- What are you looking for?|- I only have 10. 00:06:11:I'll have that! 00:06:14:- Oh, Ingeborg...|- Jessie! 00:06:18:You have to lend me 60 kronor. 00:06:20:- Have you gone mad? For what?|- You can go now, Kalle. 00:06:26:- Will you lend me the money or not?|- I can give you 30 kronor. 00:06:31:- That's all I have.|- Bless you! 00:06:35:I counted on you halving it|so I asked for double. 00:06:39:A lady wants to see you. 00:06:41:It's probably some pupil's mother. 00:06:45:Can you go to Anderson's 00:06:48:and pick up a frock for me? 00:06:52:- Is it for Nelly?|- Yes, it's for Nelly. 00:06:55:Hurry! 00:07:02:- How do you do?|- Oh, it's you... 00:07:07:Welcome. 00:07:09:- What's in the parcel?|- A surprise. 00:07:12:A surprise... 00:07:14:Can't you tell me what it is?|Curiosity grows with age. 00:07:18:A surprise for you and Mutti. 00:07:21:Tell me where it's from. 00:07:23:- The parcel.|- From the bus, if you want to know. 00:07:26:Nosy... 00:07:28:I say, Nelly... 00:07:31:You're terribly keen on dancing. 00:07:33:The only thing on your mind|is that old ball tonight. 00:07:37:I intend to be a success. 00:07:41:Nelly... Would you consider|going there with me? 00:07:46:- What?|- Wouldn't you go with me? 00:07:50:Dear, sweet Uffe! Do you think|I want to go with an old man? 00:07:55:Is that so inconceivable? 00:08:06:- Nelly...|- What? 00:08:09:- Don't you see?|- Are you going to propose again? 00:08:13:Don't you see why I came back|and took a room with Miss Ingeborg? 00:08:19:Can I go now? 00:08:24:All you can think of|is that old ball. 00:08:28:- I mean nothing to you.|- Silly! 00:08:32:I love my little Mutti,|and I'm very fond of you, too, 00:08:36:like I'm fond of the piano 00:08:38:and the old chest of drawers,|but that's all. 00:08:48:I can't stay here all my life. 00:08:52:I want to experience other things. 00:08:55:- Do you really know what you want?|- One has to have dreams... 00:09:00:You shouldn't be upset about that.|You're not upset, are you? 00:09:05:Oh damn, I forgot to buy hairpins! 00:09:09:Tell Mutti I'll be home soon!|Bye, old boy... 00:09:22:How do you do? 00:09:31:The girl is mine, 00:09:33:not yours. 00:09:34:You just turn up, claiming Nelly. 00:09:37:It's beyond me.|I don't know what to say. 00:09:42:Do you have a reason? 00:09:45:I'm her mother, isn't that enough? 00:09:47:You've realised that now,|after 18 years? 00:09:51:My life hasn't exactly|been easy. 00:09:54:She has probably had|a more peaceful life with you. 00:09:58:But now I'm a bit better off. 00:10:00:Congratulations! 00:10:03:Not many people can say that|these days. 00:10:07:And is there a more peaceful place|for a child than with her mother? 00:10:12:A real mother, that is,|not just one that's given birth! 00:10:17:Do you really want us|to be enemies, 00:10:20:Miss Johnson? 00:10:21:How could we be enemies|over Nelly's welfare? 00:10:26:It would be best for Nelly|to be with me. 00:10:29:I think she's best off here. 00:10:32:She gets everything she needs,|and someone who cares for her. 00:10:36:She'd get better work, better pay,|and she'd meet people her own age. 00:10:42:And she'd be with her mother, 00:10:44:Miss Johnson. 00:10:46:Who for 18 years|has neglected her... 00:10:56:I don't believe you can defend|your position. 00:11:01:We have to let her choose. 00:11:02:She'll do as we tell her. 00:11:05:Let me tell you something... 00:11:07:but you mustn't tell Nelly|or anyone else... 00:11:11:I am ill. 00:11:13:Nelly is everything to me. 00:11:16:I feel I've been of some worth,|because she has needed me. 00:11:21:Couldn't you let me keep her|a while longer, just until... 00:11:25:Just until... 00:11:28:Then you can take her.|You've got your whole life. 00:11:32:Couldn't you please go back|and leave things be? 00:11:38:So it's not for the girl's sake,|but your own 00:11:41:that you want to keep her. 00:11:43:Not only mine... 00:11:45:Nelly is comfortable here,|she's happy. 00:11:49:Don't take her, I couldn't bear it! 00:11:52:Take her? 00:11:54:So you don't think|Nelly would want to stay? 00:11:58:I'm sure you will bear it.|I have suffered, too. 00:12:02:- And I got through.|- This is just a whim to you. 00:12:07:Please choose your words|more carefully! 00:12:14:Well... We should let her decide. 00:12:19:We can talk tomorrow. 00:12:21:Forgive me|if I have hurt your feelings. 00:12:24:Nelly and I|are greatly indebted to you. 00:12:27:I do lose my temper easily.|Forgive me... 00:12:37:Do you need a tablet?|You look a little poorly. 00:12:41:No? Goodbye, then. 00:13:54:Come in! 00:13:58:Come in! 00:14:04:What the devil! 00:14:07:Is that you, Jack?|What on earth are you doing here? 00:14:16:You're mad!|What are you doing here? 00:14:19:I was bored and followed you here|to see you weren't cheating on me. 00:14:28:A ballgown. 00:14:30:Special clothes... 00:14:33:Had your hair done...|Ball at the town hall, is there? 00:14:39:- So I'm not disturbing you?|- Silly, I'm glad you're here. 00:14:44:Such a pretty boy, eh? 00:14:54:- Sweet.|- Yes. 00:14:59:Jenny... get over here! 00:15:03:Of course. 00:15:06:Of course, darling. 00:15:09:Now tell me what shady business|you have in this hole. 00:15:13:- Is Jack jealous, I wonder...?|- No. 00:15:18:Jack is angry because he was|left alone in the city with no money. 00:15:24:Tell me everything,|otherwise I'll cut your throat 00:15:28:and put you in a trunk. 00:15:30:Well?|What's it going to be? 00:15:33:I have a daughter here,|if you really want to know. 00:15:37:What, you old sinner?|Have you got a daughter? 00:15:42:- Grown-up?|- Eighteen. 00:15:46:Jenny has|an eighteen-year-old daughter... 00:15:50:Jenny has a daughter|who is eighteen. 00:15:54:For the first time in two years|you interest me. 00:15:58:Interesting... Very interesting. 00:16:08:Nelly is going to a ball,|to enjoy herself. 00:16:11:And you propose to her|before she's had her fun... idiot! 00:16:15:- I'm going to have all her dances.|- Keep her on a leash... 00:16:18:Men are just not very clever... 00:16:22:You were to win her tonight.|She'd see you next to the others. 00:16:26:How dashing and wonderful you are. 00:16:28:I've never been wonderful. 00:16:30:A man who proposes in the moonlight|always is. 00:16:33:Never propose in daylight. 00:16:41:- Isn't it lovely?|- Not bad. 00:16:46:Nelly, can you come here? 00:16:50:- We have a surprise for you!|- I'll be right there! 00:16:53:- Hold...
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