''Buddies'' ( sv, Polare) is a 1976 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Jan Halldoff Jan "Janne" Harry Halldoff (4 September 1939 – 23 July 2010) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1966 and 1982. His 1967 film titled ''Life's Just Great'' was entered into the 17th Berlin Internati ...

. Halldoff won the award for

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

at the

12th Guldbagge Awards The 12th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1975 and 1976, and took place on 13 September 1976. ''Release the Prisoners to Spring'' directed by Tage Danielsson was presented with ...

Cast

Anki Lidén Anna Catarina Lidén (born 5 April 1947) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1971. She was the mother of the musician and DJ, Tim Bergling, who was better known as Avicii.- Selected filmograph ...

as Lena Sjöberg *

Göran Stangertz Göran Nils Robert Stangertz (19 July 1944 – 27 October 2012) was a Swedish actor, director and artistic leader at Helsingborgsteatern. He won Sweden's most prestigious film award Guldbagge Award twice in the category best male leading role for ...

as Kent Fredrikson *

Thomas Hellberg Björn Thomas Hellberg (29 September 1941 – 22 January 2023) was a Swedish actor. Hellberg died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 81. Selected filmography *''Maria'' (1975) *''The Man on the Roof'' (1976) *'' Buddies'' (1976) *'' The Assign ...

as Lasse Stark * Christer Jonsson as Olle Pettersson (credited as Bonzo Jonsson) *

Ted Åström Ted Bengt Georg Åström (born 28 May 1945) is a Swedish actor. As a student Åström attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School Adolf Fredrik's Music School ( sv, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser) is a general municipal junior high school ( sv, g ...

as Sven Risell *

Anne Kulle Anne Elisabet Kulle, née ''Nord'' (14 January 1944 in Solna – 25 January 2020) was a Swedish actress. She was married to actor Jarl Kulle from 1976 until his death in 1997. Filmography *1962 – Åsa-Nisse på Mallorca *1968 – ...som havets ...

as Katarina Risell (credited as Anne Nord) * Kisa Magnusson as Siri * Ann-Marie Adamsson as Kent's co-worker (credited as Ann-Mari Adamsson) *

Christina Carlwind Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Chr ...

as Nurse * Göte Claesson as Editor * Inger Ellman as Siw Pettersson * Bo Halldoff as Kent's Chief

References

External links

* * 1976 films 1976 drama films Swedish drama films 1970s Swedish-language films Films directed by Jan Halldoff Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-Sweden-film-stub