Waiting Women (1952) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1952 · 107 mins · Swedish

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Starring

Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingmar Bergman, Aino Taube, Naima Wifstrand, Björn Bjelfvenstam, Jarl Kulle

Four sisters‑in‑law—Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette—wait at a summer cottage for their husbands, who are brothers, to return. They exchange marital tales: Rakel recounts an affair she later confessed; Marta describes initially rejecting marriage, raising a child alone; Karin recalls a night when she and her husband became trapped in an elevator. Meanwhile, Marta’s younger sister Maj secretly plans to elope, adding an unexpected twist.