A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port…

An intense love affair develops between a married concert violinist (Gösta Ekman) and his daughter’s music teacher (Ingrid Bergman).

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out “clients” by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is…