The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrives in Lugano in Switzerland, close to Italy, for a few weeks stay at a medical clinic. Canitz considers himself to be quite healthy and the stay as an extended vacation. He meets a number of patients at the clinic suffering from terminal illnesses, including Vellamo Toivonen (Lindfors). The patients deal with the fact that they will not leave the clinic alive in different ways; with self-destruction, denial or imprudence.
Walter Ljungquist
Writer
Hasse Ekman
Writer, Director

Viveca Lindfors
Vellamo Toivonen

Hasse Ekman
Vilhelm Canitz

Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Dr Lautensack

Stig Järrel
Martin Dahlberg

Bengt Ekerot
German patient
Ronald de Wolfe
Frank Graham

Sven Bertil Norberg
Defie, French patient
Albert Gaubier
Dancer at Milano nightclub
Blackbird67%
Lullaby61%
Bang the Drum Slowly61%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Don't Make Me Go69%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Hungry Hearts65%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
La joven69%
Normal66%
Living69%
Goodbye June66%
Holy Lands61%
The Good Neighbor65%
Personal Effects60%
Poor Cow63%
Come Sunday58%
Salomé62%
The Good Doctor62%
Mr. Turner65%