''Night of the Orangutan'' ( sv, Min store tjocke far) is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by

Kjell-Åke Andersson Kjell-Åke Gunnar Andersson (born 7 June 1949 in Malmö) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His 1992 film '' Night of the Orangutan'' was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 28th Guldbagge ...

Rolf Lassgård Rolf Holger Lassgård (born 29 March 1955) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his many roles in crime dramas. Life and career Lassgård was born in Östersund, Jämtland. A keen amateur ice hockey player in his youth, he also joined theatre tea ...

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

28th Guldbagge Awards The 28th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1992, and took place on 1 March 1993. ''House of Angels'' directed by Colin Nutley was presented with the award for Best Film. Winne ...

. The film was also nominated for Best Film,

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 ...

and

Best Screenplay Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporatio ...

Cast

* Nick Börjlind as Osvald Nilsson *

as Fritz Algot 'Tjaffo' Nilsson *

Ann Petrén Ann Louise Maria Petrén (born 25 May 1954) is a Swedish actress, and daughter to Folke Petrén and Maud Jacobsson. She was educated at Malmö Theatre Academy and works at Stockholm City Theatre. In 2003, Petrén received a Guldbagge Award fo ...

as Victoria Nilsson *

Gunilla Röör Gunilla Kristina Röör (born 16 August 1959) is a Swedish actress. She is daughter to Inger Berggren. As of 2011, she worked at Stockholm City Theatre. She is married to Per Sandberg; the couple has one child together. Röör finished her educ ...

as Birgitta * Krister Henriksson as Bertil *

Halvar Björk Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (22 September 1928 – 12 November 2000) was a Swedish actor. He worked at the Malmö City Theatre from 1962 till 1986, but also made many substantial film- and TV-roles; for example, he acted in ''Autumn Sonata'' (1978) ...

as Sunden *

Lena Strömdahl Lena Marie Strömdahl (born 17 July 1947 in Lidingö, Sweden) is a Swedish actress. Filmography Film *''Werther'' (1990) - Martha *''Honungsvargar'' (1990) - Festdeltagare *''T. Sventon och fallet Isabella'' (1991) - Miss Rita Gustavsson-Rinaldo ...

as Aunt * Jimmy Almström as Läppen *

Yvonne Schaloske Yvonne Schaloske (23 August 1951 - 1 April 2020) was a Swedish actress. She was born in Borås. Yvonne Schaloske starred in many Swedish movies and in TV-shows, most notably the soap opera ''Rederiet''. Schaloske died in April, 2020, at the age ...

as Puddingen * Bertil Norström as Erik Davidsson *

Wallis Grahn Wallis Grahn (13 February 1945 – 18 January 2018) was a Swedish actress. Biography Grahn grew up in a working-class family, something she considered to be significant for her work as an actress. She went to Stockholm's music classes and Adolf ...

as Rut Davidsson *

Tomas Norström Stig Tomas Norström (23 May 1956 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish actor and film director. He also recorded audiobooks, among them J. R. R. Tolkien's works. Norström studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting until 1981, tog ...

as Vicar *

Leif Andrée Leif Allan Andrée (born Leif Allan Johansson 29 January 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. Andrée has been engaged at Teater Galeasen, Riksteatern, Chinateatern, Stockholm City Theatre and Unga Riks. Films *''Kvinnorna på taket'' (1 ...

as Hogga

References

External links

* * 1992 films 1992 drama films Swedish drama films 1990s Swedish-language films Films directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson Films set in 1959 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub