Miss Julie

The opening scene, which is only described in the August Strindberg play, Anita Bjork as the Swedish country aristocrat title character observes a Maypole ceremony then asserts herself with the worried groom Jean (Ulf Palme), in director Alf Sjoberg’s acclaimed adaptation, Miss Julie, 1951.

Anita Bjork (title character) drives furiously around the estate as employee Jean (Ulf Palme), with whom she has pursued romance, describes her earlier behavior to his fellow-servant fianceè, in which she tangled with her own fiancè and her dog, in Miss Julie, 1951, from the Strindberg play.