''Morsarvet'' is a 1993
Swedish
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mini series directed by
Staffan Roos written by, and starring,
Solveig Ternström
Solveig Ternström (born 17 July 1937 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress and former Centre Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag between 2006 and 2010. She is very negative to nuclear power and left the centre party in July 2010 bec ...
.
The series was televised on
Sveriges television in late 1993.
Plot summary
The series is set in 1940 during
World War II
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. It is a modern version of ''
Gösta Berlings Saga'', with several hints to the novel in style and story but it is not based on the novel. Several characters are real, or based on real people, as the series are based on Solveig Ternström's own experiences growing up close to the border during the war.
Cast
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Solveig Ternström
Solveig Ternström (born 17 July 1937 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress and former Centre Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag between 2006 and 2010. She is very negative to nuclear power and left the centre party in July 2010 bec ...
as Lilly Amundsen, a Norwegian woman on the run from the Nazis. She and her children take the protection of his mother's house in Sweden.
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Stig Torstensson as Albin, Lilly's alcoholic brother and member of the infamous Munkfors Gang.
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Paula Ternström as Ada Amundsen, Lilly's traumatized daughter.
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Øystein Riise Naess as Ola Amundsen, Ada's brother.
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Sven Lindberg, Johan, Lillys stepfather. He is obsessed with hunting down the
White Moose.
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Elaine Sjöberg as Beda, a wise old lady
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Edvard Olsson, Helmer, A sympathetic Swedish man who fall in love with Lilly.
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Mats Berglund,
Odd Engström,
Lennart Eldsfors,
Bengt-Arne Ericsson, Bengt Berg,
Thor Eriksson,
Peter Jankert and
Leif Persson as The Munkfors Gang, a group of natives similar to The 12 Cavaliers in ''
Gösta Berlings Saga''.
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Björn Söderbäck as Country Fiscal Henningson, A sinister Nazi-sympathizer.
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Hans Sandqvist as Mörkermannen (The Dark Man), a spirit representing the forces of darkness. He appears to several characters, mostly to Ada but also to The Munkfors Gang, Lilly and several others.
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Peter Stormare Colonel Bergkvist, a Swedish colonel in desperate need of winter uniforms for his troops.
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Johan Rabaeus
Johan Rabaeus (born ''Carl Magnus Olof Johan Rabéus'' 31 July 1947) is a Swedish actor who was born in Stockholm but grew up in Paris and Geneva.
He is known for portraying very unpleasant characters, such as Erik Ponti's sadistic stepfather i ...
as The Stranger, an alcoholic
Nazi
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.
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Lars Löfgren as a mysterious Swedish Nazi who terrorizes Lilly on a train.
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Torsten Wahlund as Arne Amundsen, Lilly's husband and a captain in the
Norwegian
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Army.
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Ketil Høegh as Guldbransen, a man trying to sell "nigger-gold" to people at a market.
Swedish rock singer
Jonas Almquist makes a cameo as a Nazi officer.
References
External links
Entry on Svensk filmdatabasEntry on IMDb
Swedish drama television series
1993 Swedish television series debuts
1990s Swedish television series
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