Sven Holm and his wife Ingeborg are happily married with three children, and are about to open a shop in Stockholm. They open the shop, but Sven contracts tuberculosis, and dies. Ingeborg initially tries to run the shop by herself, but when she fails, and develops a debilitating ulcer, she turns to the poorhouse for help. The poorhouse board does not grant her enough assistance to survive outside the workhouse. She has to sell the shop and her house, and board the three children out to foster families.
Ensamstående mor skiljs från sina barn på grund av ekonomiska svårigheter.
Due intensi film muti rappresentano l'opera del regista Victor Sjöström, pioniere dell'età dell'oro del cinema svedese che in seguito incontrò il successo a Hollywood.
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