Top Cast
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Sonja Stjernquist
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Ingemar Holde
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Folke Sundquist
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Barbro Larsson
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Erik Hell
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Ulla-Bella Fridh
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Nils Hallberg
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Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
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Birger Åsander
Overview
Film adaptation of a Gustav Fröding poem.
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Farming
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
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