Hedebyborna

1978 - 1982

Part 1

23rd October 1978

Episode 1

Carl-Sebastian Urse, called Mon Cousin, makes in 1937 a visit to his native place Hedeby. His cousin, the baron Carl Gustaf Urse, still runs the family estate Valla, but is in financial difficulties. He has to borrow money from the bank as well as from the local farmer Lille-Lars, and now there is a wildcat strike at his lime-works as well. His wife, the baroness Louise Urse, is an alcoholic. To get some relief from his financial and matrimonial problems Carl Gustaf spends his spare time chasing young women. At the moment his desire is focused on Märta Svensson, the ...

Part 2

30th October 1978

Episode 2

Sixten Svensson is work-shy. He avoids employments and he doesn't want to work at home either. Because of this his family sinks into poverty, and his wife has to beg her parents for money and their neighbors for food. Their daughter Märta is well aware that baron Urse is highly interested in her. She dreams of getting married to the baron and to live a fashionable life with him, but his wife forms an obstacle to this. When the baron offers her an appointment as a housemaid, she declines the offer because of his wife. Outside the village shop some of the villagers are ...

Part 3

6th November 1978

Episode 3

The villagers are gathering in the shop to elect this year's crew for the raft. They need three men aboard and one to tar the vessel. After a tense discussion Erik is elected as the second man on the raft, while Percy is appointed to do the tarring. Percy gets furious and leaves the meeting. The alderman Abraham then suggests the disregarded Nikodemus to replace him for the tarring, and Svensson to be the third man. At Valla baron Urse, Louise and Mon Cousin sit alone, since all servants have left them, because of no salary. Suddenly Urse remembers the election. He ...

Part 4

13th November 1978

Episode 4

At the first day of the stream cleansing Erik awakens at 4 o'clock in the morning, but he has to wait for two hours until Svensson and baron Urse turn up at the raft. Svensson has brought along two crates of beer and some aquavit, and he and the baron spend most of the day drinking and talking, while Erik is doing the cleansing. When it's time for lunch they have just cleansed a small part of the stream. The other villagers understand that this will not work. The Fox Breeder says that Svensson and the Baron must be replaced the following day, and asks Nikodemus and ...

Part 5

20th November 1978

Episode 5

When Märtha awakens in the morning in the wood, after the night when she lost her virginity, she is alone. The Baron has left her, and gone back to the night camp of the men on the raft. Märtha feels deceived, and runs crying to her grandmother. A group of villagers arrive to the sleeping men at the riverside. They declare that the Baron and Svensson must leave the raft, and be replaced by Elof and Nikodemus. The Baron feels humiliated, being treated like a farm-hand by the villagers, and when he walks home, he is overwhelmed by feelings of being disliked by everybody...

Part 6

27th November 1978

Episode 6

The game is up for count Urse and many other things in Hedeby also come to an end.

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Peter Harryson•Tor Isedal•Gösta Prüzelius

Director

Håkan Ersgård

Writer

Sven Delblanc

Hedeby is a sleepy village in the rich, agricultural province of Sörmland. On the face of it, not much has changed during the centuries. The count lives outside the village in his large ...

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Peter Harryson Image

Peter Harryson

Rulle

Tor Isedal Image

Tor Isedal

Nikodemus Johansson

Gösta Prüzelius Image

Gösta Prüzelius

Pastor Ahlenius

Helena Brodin Image

Helena Brodin

Signe Svensson

Nina Gunke Image

Nina Gunke

Märtha Svensson

Allan Svensson Image

Allan Svensson

Erik Gustavsson

Kent Andersson Image

Kent Andersson

Vilhelm Yngve 'Ville Vingåker' Andersson

Lauritz Falk Image

Lauritz Falk

Kamrer Müntzing

Emy Storm Image

Emy Storm

Hilma Gustavsson

Lena-Pia Bernhardsson Image

Lena-Pia Bernhardsson

Selma

Sven Holmberg Image

Sven Holmberg

Lille-Lars i Näsby

Aino Taube Image

Aino Taube

Karolina Styf

Siv Ericks Image

Siv Ericks

Fru Lönbom

Pamela Holmberg

Sonja Margareta Larsson

Tatjana Kledzik

Agnes Svensson

Rufus Lidman

Gert Svensson

Maria Broberg

Berit Svensson

Roland Söderberg

Rävfarmarn Gustavsson

Hans Strååt Image

Hans Strååt

Doktor Lundewall

Marian Gräns Image

Marian Gräns

Agda Johansson

Per Grundén Image

Per Grundén

Selim Zetterlind

John Harryson Image

John Harryson

Handlaren

Anders Nyström Image

Anders Nyström

Sixten Svensson

Pia Rydvall

Nora Zetterlind

Lena Brogren Image

Lena Brogren

Louise Urse

Olle Björling

Olle i Vreten

Dan Sjögren Image

Dan Sjögren

Fjärsman

Evert Lindkvist

Elof i Alby

Rolf Björkholm

Pärsy

Carl-Olof Alm Image

Carl-Olof Alm

Å de Vie

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Håkan Ersgård

Director

Sven Delblanc

Writer

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