''Night of the Orangutan'' ( sv, Min store tjocke far) is a 1992 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 ...

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 Guldb ...

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 te ...

won the award for Best Actor 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

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and Best Screenplay.

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 as Birgitta *

Krister Henriksson Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Kurt Wallander in the television films based on the novels by Henning Mankell. Early life Henriksson was born in Grisslehamn, Nor ...

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 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 Per Bertil Norström (9 September 1923 – 6 September 2012) was a Swedish actor. Born in Sala, he was married to the actress Margreth Weivers from 1947 until his death. Selected filmography *1956 - '' The Staffan Stolle Story'' *1967 - ''I Am ...

as Erik Davidsson * Wallis Grahn as Rut Davidsson * Tomas Norström 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