Top Cast
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Jan Blomberg
Dante
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Inger Jalmert-Moritz
Beatrice
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Åke Nygren
Vergilius
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Lilian Dahlgren
Francesca
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Lars Amble
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Georg Årlin
Brunetto Latini
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Jonas Uddenmyr
Ugolino
Overview
An established writer goes to the Nobel Prize Banquet in Stockholm. He is a family man. In the background another woman. A suicide attempt. His work is rejected by the publisher.
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Farming
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Pimp
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