As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.

Anita Björk
Petra von Pahlen

Gunnar Björnstrand
Dr. Jacob Lewin

Eva Dahlbeck
Mrs. Landborg

Jan Malmsjö
Stellan von Pahlen

Heinz Hopf
Lt. Bernhard Landborg