Ivar Lo-Johansson

Bara en Mor takes place in a Statare, a farming community where the workers and their families were reduced to virtual serfdom by the landowners. Rya-Rya, the central character played by Eva Dahlbeck, is the mother of a large and ever-expanding brood. Rya-Rya must not only worry about putting food in the mouths of her children, but also reaching the inevitable day when she will have outgrown her usefulness to the landlords -- and must face the loss of her home and land. (allmovie.com)

A 17th century blacksmith becomes an executioner after being wrongly accused of stealing. After falling for a prostitute, how will his life be affected?

Young woman moves to Stockholm for a better life, soon finds herself working as a prostitute. (imdb)