Eva Dahlbeck as Maria, aka Rya-Rya Ragnar Falck as Henrik, Rya-Rya's husband Ulf Palme as Hammar Hugo Björne as Eniel Åke Fridell as Inspector Mona Geijer-Falkner as Emili Max von Sydow as Nils Margaretha Krook as Berta Mimi Pollak as Erika Rost Elsa Widborg as Cowman's wife Olof Widgren as Rya-Rya's Father Ulla Smidje as Cecilia, the sick girl Sif Ruud as Teacher Signe Rydberg-Eklöf as Rya-Rya's Mother Ernst Brunman as School council's chairman Nils Hultgren as Alm, Cecilia's father