''Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia'' is a 1991 Swedish

mystery film A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means ...

directed by

Anders Grönros Erik Anders Sixten Grönros (born 19 October 1953), is a Swedish film director. He was awarded the Guldbagge Award for Best Director at the 27th Guldbagge Awards, for the film ''Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia''. In 2007, his documentary ' ...

, based on

Maria Gripe Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter (25 July 1923 – 5 April 2007), was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characte ...

's young adult novel of the same name. Grönros won the award for

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and Per Källberg won the award for Best Cinematography at the

27th Guldbagge Awards The 27th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1991, and took place on 16 March 1992. '' Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem'' directed by Jan Troell was presented with the award for Bes ...

. It was also nominated for

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and Gloria Tapia was nominated for

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Plot

As a five-year-old, Nora loses her parents in a car accident. Her relatives never tell her the truth of what happened. Ten years later, Nora moves with her foster family into an old apartment building, where strange things begin to happen. She hears footsteps stopping outside her room, she barely escapes a fatal accident thanks to an anonymous phone call, and a book of Russian folk tales repeatedly falls open to the page reading "

Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What (russian: Пойди туда, не знаю куда, принеси то, не знаю что, translit. ''Poydi tuda, ne znau kuda, prinesi to, ne znau chto'') is a Russian fairy tale colle ...

". Together with her foster brother Dag, Nora searches for answers to all the questions surrounding her.

Production

Filming took place in

Nyköping Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the ...

Gamla Stan Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan ...

, and

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between 9 October 1989 and May 1990.

Cast

* Gloria Tapia – Eleonora "Nora" Hed * Ronn Elfors – Dag Sjöborg *

Stina Ekblad Stina Åsa Maria Ekblad (born 26 February 1954 in Solf, Ostrobothnia, Finland) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Living in Stockholm, she has appeared mostly in Swedish productions. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 ...

– Karin Sjöborg *

Allan Svensson Dan Allan Waldemar Svensson (born 16 February 1951) is a Swedish actor perhaps mostly known for his role as Gustav Svensson in the hit comedy series ''Svensson, Svensson''. Besides acting in films, television and on stage, Svensson owns and runs ...

– Anders Sjöborg *

Vanna Rosenberg Vanna Felicia Rosenberg Synnerholm (born 3 April 1973 in Farsta, Stockholm Municipality) is a Swedish singer and actor. She is married to the film producer Ulf Synnerholm. Career Rosenberg started doing plays as a kindergarten-child; her mother ...

– Lena, Nora's friendess * Cecilia Milocco – Agnes Cecilia Eng / Tetti *

Mimi Pollak Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 – 11 August 1999) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. Biography Maria Helena Pollak was born in Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at the ...

– Hulda Persson, Inga's mother *

Meta Velander Eva Margareta Velander (born 13 August 1924), also known as Meta Velander, is a Swedish actress. Velander grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, close to Rålambshovsparken, where she lived until she was twenty-one. She started acting in plays du ...

– Vera Alm, Nora's mat. grandmother * Percy Brandt – Birger Alm, Nora's mat. grandfather * Natasha Chiapponi-Grönros – Nora as a child * Benjamin Elfors – Dag as a child *

Bojan Westin Bojan Westin (5 September 1926 – 4 October 2013) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1941 and 2011. Selected filmography * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * ''The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) ...

– Inga, Lena's mat. grandmother * Suzanne Reuter – Carita Eng, Tetti's mother * Beatrice Chiapponi-Grönros – Anna Hed, Nora's mother *

Björn Andrésen Björn Johan Andrésen (born 26 January 1955) is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella ''Death in Venice''. He also played a ...

– Per Hed, Nora's father * Olle Johansson – Clockmaker * Måns Westfelt – Doll-doctor * Fredrik Grundel – Teacher * Anne Otto – Nurse * Clemens Paal – Construction-worker

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agnes Cecilia En Sallsam Historia 1991 films 1990s mystery films 1990s Swedish-language films Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award Swedish mystery films 1990s Swedish films