A sensitive exploration of the tragic irony of the psychiatrist suffering with mental illness. Dr. Jenny Isaksson (Liv Ullmann) is a psychiatrist married to another psychiatrist; both are successful in their jobs but slowly, agonizingly, she succumbs to a breakdown. Jenny is haunted by images and emotions from her past and eventually cannot function, either as a wife, a doctor or as an individual.

Cast (in credits order)

• Liv Ullmann (Dr. Jenny Isaksson)
• Erland Josephson (Dr. Tomas Jacobi)
• Aino Taube (The Grandmother)
• Gunnar Björnstrand (The Grandfather)
• Kristina Adolphson ( Nurse Veronica)
• Marianne Aminoff (Jenny's mother)
• Gösta Ekman (Mikael Strömberg)
• Helene Friberg
• Ulf Johansson (Helmuth Wankel)
• Sven Lindberg (Jenny's husband)
• Jan-Eric Lindquist (as Jan-Erik Lindqvist))
• Birger Malmsten (Rapist)
• Sif Ruud (Elisabeth Wankel)
• Göran Stangertz (Rapist)

Rest of cast listed alphabetically

• Lena Olin (Shop assistant)
• Rebecca Pawlo (Shop assistant)
• Gösta Prüzelius (Jenny's father)
• Tore Segelcke (The woman)
• Kari Sylwan (Maria)