Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Elenco: Victor Sjöström , Bibi Andersson , Ingrid Thulin , Gunnar Björnstrand , Jullan Kindahl , Folke Sundquist , Björn Bjelfvenstam , Naima Wifstrand , Gunnel Broström , Gertrud Fridh , Sif Ruud , Gunnar Sjöberg , Max von Sydow , Åke Fridell , Yngve Nordwall , Per Sjöstrand , Gio Petré , Gunnel Lindblom , Maud Hansson , Ann-Marie Wiman , Eva Norée , Lena Bergman , Monica Ehrling , Per Skogsberg , Göran Lundquist , Helge Wulff , Peder Hellman , Vendela Rudbäck , Ulf Johanson , Erik Nordgren , Harry Asklund , Josef Norman , Gunnar Olsson .