''The Women on the Roof'' ( sv, Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989
Swedish film written and directed by
Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars
Amanda Ooms
Amanda Francisca Ooms (born 5 September 1964) is a Dutch-Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar. Ooms participates in season 10 of ''Stjärnorna på slottet'' which wa ...
and
Helena Bergström
Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (''Dramaten'') and the Stockho ...
. It was entered into the
1989 Cannes Film Festival.
At the
25th Guldbagge Awards,
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), '' Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (201 ...
won the award for
Best Actor.
The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
An
innocent
Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience.
In relation ...
and beautiful girl, ''Linnea'' (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in
Stockholm just before
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. As she works for an old man who owns a
photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...
studio she meets Anna, a
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
As in other ...
(Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna's circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea's routine.
Cast
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Amanda Ooms
Amanda Francisca Ooms (born 5 September 1964) is a Dutch-Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar. Ooms participates in season 10 of ''Stjärnorna på slottet'' which wa ...
- ''Linnea''
*
Helena Bergström
Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (''Dramaten'') and the Stockho ...
- ''Anna''
*
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), '' Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (201 ...
- ''Willy''
*
Percy Brandt - ''Fischer''
* Lars Ori Bäckström - ''Holger''
* Katarina Olsson - ''Gerda''
*
Leif Andrée - ''Oskar''
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Stig Ossian Ericson - ''Vicar''
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Johan Bergenstråhle - ''Photographer Halling''
See also
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References
External links
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1989 films
1989 drama films
1980s coming-of-age drama films
Swedish coming-of-age drama films
1980s Swedish-language films
1980s Swedish films
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