''Elvis! Elvis!'' is a 1977 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-g ...

directed by

Kay Pollak Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak (born 21 May 1938) is a Swedish film director. Career After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with ''As It Is in Heaven'' (''Så som i himmelen''), a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nomi ...

. It was entered into the

10th Moscow International Film Festival The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovi ...

Plot

Elvis Karlsson is named after his mother's idol

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...

. He finds it difficult to live up to her demands and has to fight to become a human being in his own right.

Cast

* Lele Dorazio as Elvis * Lena-Pia Bernhardsson as Elvis' Mamma * Fred Gunnarsson as Elvis' Father * Elisaveta as Elvis' Grandmother *

Allan Edwall Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as ''Fanny and Alexander'' (198 ...

as Elvis' Grandfather * Kent Andersson as Brovall *

Victoria Grant Victoria Grant ('' née'' Blackledge; b. 26 August 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. She played for internationally and for Auckland at provincial level. She was recently appointed as Head Coach of Hurricanes Poua. Bi ...

as Anna-Rosa Pettersson * Kim Anderzon as Anna-Rosa's Mother * Kjerstin Dellert as Anna-Rosa's Grandmother *

Svea Holst Svea Holst (20 April 1901 – 28 April 1996) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1923 and 1987. Selected filmography * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1939) * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Crisis'' (1946) * '' ...

as Anna-Rosa's Great Grandmother *

Ingrid Boström Ingrid may refer to: * Ingrid (given name) * Ingrid (record label), and artist collective * Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid * Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones * 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid * InGrid, the grid computing projec ...

as Teacher *

Lars Edström Lars Edström (born 10 July 1935) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in 24 films and television shows between 1959 and 2002. Selected filmography * '' Ormen'' (1966) * ''Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr ''Mästerdetektiven Blom ...

as Kurt *

Marian Gräns Marian may refer to: People * Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places *Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queensland, ...

as Sivan

References

External links

* * 1977 films 1977 drama films Swedish drama films 1970s Swedish-language films Films directed by Kay Pollak Films scored by Ralph Lundsten 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-Sweden-film-stub