''A Walk in the Sun'' ( sv, En vandring i solen) is a 1978 Swedish

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directed by Hans Dahlberg and starring

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and

Margaretha Krook Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook (15 October 1925 – 7 May 2001) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1974. In 1976, she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress for the film ''Release the Prisoners to Spring''. ...

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won the award for

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. The film was based on a 1976 novel by Stig Claesson.

Premise

An unsettled Swedish

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tries to escape from his relationship problems and the Swedish winter by taking a

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in the

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Cast

as Tore *

as Marion *

as Ellen *

as Siv *

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as Ulla *

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as Vera *

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as Lady from Sala *

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as waiter *

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as George * Ragnar Pelka Hansson as Swede * Dimitris Ioakeimidis as taxi driver * Kostas Kastanas as doctor * Nikos Kouros as optician * Staffan Liljander as Erik *

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as hairdresser *

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as grape woman *

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as police sergeant

Production

The film was the first to be directed by Hans Dahlberg himself. The film was shot between 13 April and 31 May 1978 in

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and in the seaside resort of

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, near

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in Greece. The world

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occurred at the theatre in

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on 25 December 1978, the age limit being 11.

References

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