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Women on the Roof (The)

Country: Sweden, Language: Swedish, 89 mins

Original Title

Kvinnorna på taket
  • Director: Carl-Gustav Nykvist
  • Writer: Carl-Gustav Nykvist; Lasse Summanen
  • Producer: Waldemar Bergendahl; Katinka Faragó

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An innocent and beautiful teenage girl, Linnea takes a garret room in Stockholm just before WWI. She begins work for a dour older man, but soon meets an interesting young woman, Anna, a photographer. They form a relationship based on mutual attraction; soon they are lovers. From Anna, Linnea learns the craft of photography; European politics heat up, and Anna's even-tempered and versatile boyfriend Willy suddenly returns to take up with her again and with Linnea, too.


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Cast & Characters

Amanda Ooms as Linnea;
Helena Bergstrom as Anna;
Stellan Skarsgard as Willy;
Percy Brandt as Fischer;
Lars Ori Backstrom as Holger;
Katarina Olsson as Gerda;
Leif Andree as Oskar;
Stig Ossian Ericson as Vicar;
Johan Bergenstrahle as Photographer Halling;
Marie Dahlgren as Anna, 12 ar;
Annika Fehling as Krogpiga;
Aaron Girard as Banker;
Annmari Kastrup as Teaterfolk;
Efva Lilja as Teaterfolk;
Karl Nykvist as Teaterfolk