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The Emperor
The Emperor

THE EMPEROR

Kejsaren

Directed by Jösta Hagelbäck
Sweden, 1979
Drama

Synopsis

In the early 1900s a large number of Polish men and women were imported to the south of Sweden to work the fields. The Swedish farm workers protested against this with hate and racism. Elje Ström is the son of a Swedish farm worker and a polish woman. He is mentally handicapped and bullied.

Synopsis

In the early 1900s a large number of Polish men and women were imported to the south of Sweden to work the fields. The Swedish farm workers protested against this with hate and racism. Elje Ström is the son of a Swedish farm worker and a polish woman. He is mentally handicapped and bullied.