''I Am Maria'' ( sv, Jag är Maria) is a 1979 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 Karsten Wedel. Peter Lindgren won the award for

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

at the

16th Guldbagge Awards The 16th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1979 and 1980, and took place on 22 September 1980. ''To Be a Millionaire'' directed by Mats Arehn was presented with the award for Bes ...

Cast

* Lise-Lotte Hjelm as Maria * Peter Lindgren as Jon *

Helena Brodin Helena Brodin (born 11 June 1936) is a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1960 and 2000. Selected filmography * ''Hugo and Josephine ''Hugo and Josephine'' ( sv, Hugo och Josefin) is a Swedish fi ...

as Maj-Britt *

Frej Lindqvist Frej Lindqvist (born 13 October 1937) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1961. Early life Lindqvist, who is a Swedish-speaking Finn, was born in Helsinki, Finland. During World War II, he was s ...

as Lennart *

Claire Wikholm Claire Minna Patricia Olofsdotter Wikholm (born 10 October 1944 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress. Wikholm worked at Malmö City Theatre 1968–71 and since then, she has worked at Stockholm City Theatre. In November 2005, it was revealed ...

as Maria's Mother *

Anita Ekström Gertrud Anita Ekström (13 January 1943 ⁠– 18 June 2022) was a Swedish actress. At the 7th Guldbagge Awards she won the award for Best Actress for her role in ''Jänken''. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 196 ...

as Anna * Malin Åman as Pia * Stig Engström as Sixten *

Bodil Mårtensson Bodil Mårtensson (born 1952 in Karlskrona, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime (police) novels and adventure books for the moderately young. Mårtensson lived for fifteen years in Helsingborg, which is also the site of most of her fiction, wh ...

as Ulla * Per Flygare as Teacher

References

External links

* * 1979 films 1979 drama films Swedish drama films 1970s Swedish-language films 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-Sweden-film-stub