Eva Henning, Sture Lagerwall, and Birger Malmsten in Banketten (1948)

Banketten

19481h 46m
Drama
7.0 / 10(241)

Jacob Cotten is a rich banker quickly approaching his 60th birthday. He is concerned that neither of his sons are willing or able to be in charge of the bank. One is a spoiled parasite unable to do an honest day's work; the other has devoted his life to the communist youth club. Meanwhile, his beloved daughter Vica is unable to divorce her masochistic husband and gets herself a lover, an idealistic young medical student.

Runtime
1h 46m
Released
1948

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Release year: 1948

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Jacob Cotten is a rich banker quickly approaching his 60th birthday. He is concerned that neither of his sons are willing or able to be in charge of the bank. One is a spoiled parasite unable to do an honest day's work; the other has devoted his life to the communist youth club. Meanwhile, his beloved daughter Vica is unable to divorce her masochistic husband and gets herself a lover, an idealistic young medical student.

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