Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
Jarl Kulle
Cornelius
Bibi Andersson
Humlan
Harriet Andersson
Isolde
Eva Dahlbeck
Adelaide
Karin Kavli
Madame Tussaud
Gertrud Fridh
Traviata
Mona Malm
Cecilia
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Beatrica
Allan Edwall
Jillker
Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
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