''House of Angels'' ( sv, Änglagård) is a Swedish
drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 21 February 1992, about a little village in
Västergötland,
Sweden
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, where an aging recluse lives in a mansion on a large wooded property. One day he is accidentally killed and an unknown relative by the name of Fanny Zander inherits the mansion and land. When she and her friend Zac arrive, they turn life in the staid village upside down.
The film was screened out of competition at the
1992 Cannes Film Festival
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.
At the
28th Guldbagge Awards
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the film won the awards for
Best Film and
Best Director.
It was also nominated for
Best Actress (
Helena Bergström),
Best Screenplay
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and Best Cinematography (
Jens Fischer).
The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
A sequel, ''
Änglagård – andra sommaren'', was produced in 1994. A second sequel, ''
Änglagård – tredje gången gillt'', was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 May 2011.
Cast
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Helena Bergström as Fanny Zander
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Rikard Wolff as Zac
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Sven Wollter as Axel Flogfält
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Reine Brynolfsson as Henning Collmer, vicar
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Ernst Günther as Gottfrid Pettersson
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Viveka Seldahl
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Besides doing television s ...
as Rut Flogfält
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Per Oscarsson
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Early life
Oscarsson was born, along ...
as Erik Zander
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Tord Peterson as Ivar Pettersson
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Ing-Marie Carlsson as Eva Ågren
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Jan Mybrand as Per-Ove Ågren
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Peter Andersson as Ragnar Zetterberg
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Jakob Eklund as Mårten Flogfält
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Carl-Einar Häckner
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Häckner was born in Nol, Ale Municipality and raised in Gårdsten, Angered, a suburb of Gothenburg. He fell in ...
as Guest at Party
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Görel Crona as Guest at Party
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Thabo Motsieola as Guest at Party
Stage musical
A Swedish
stage musical adaptation of the film written by
Edward af Sillen
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, who is also directing, and Daniel Réhn, with music by
Fredrik Kempe will open at the
Oscarsteatern
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The theater was designed i ...
in Stockholm on September 10, 2023. Starring two of Sweden's biggest musical theatre names
Helen Sjöholm and
Tommy Körberg.
See also
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List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:House Of Angels
1992 films
1992 drama films
Swedish drama films
1990s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Colin Nutley
Films scored by Björn Isfält
Best Film Guldbagge Award winners
Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award
Films set in Västergötland
1990s Swedish films