Carl-Axel Elfving

On an island, a barber's wife opens an illegal brothel, exploiting their underage daughter. Distraught, the barber plots to permanently remove his wife as customers visit the establishment.

Martin and Frida married solely because she was pregnant. Later he would have a passionate side-affair with Rut. Rut's sexual feelings were highly neurotic because she had been sexually abused by her stepfather. When the chimney s...