Release, runtime and language

1949 · 88 mins · Swedish

Starring

Gunnar Björnstrand, Sven Lindberg, Marianne Nielsen, Gunnar Nielsen, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Sigge Fürst

A mysterious ring circulates among a disparate group of strangers, each finding a brief, transformative sense of purpose as it passes through their hands. Actors, embezzlers, an elderly woman and a husband betrayed all experience a fleeting surge of hope that briefly lifts them from their misery and disillusionment.