Nordisk Film presenterer en co-production mellem Nordosk Film, Svensk Filmindustri, Merkur Film, TV/2 Danmark, Sveriges Television Drama ; manus, Per Olov Enquist ; producer, Erik Crone ; en film af Jan Troell
poems by Pär Lagerkvist ... [and others] ; English translation by Leif Sjöberg in collaboration with W.H. Auden and William Jay Smith ; edited by Verne Moberg ; produced by The Swedish Program of Columbia University with assistance from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation