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written and directed by

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.Qvist & Von Bagh p.37 He also stars, together with

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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P.A. Lundgren. It was shot at the

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and on location around the city including at the

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and Vasa Theatre.

Plot

Sam Persson, previously worked as a musician but has resided for several years in a mental hospital. When he is discharged he reads in the newspaper that his childhood friend Stig Brender has become a big name in the theatre. Persson has gotten the idea that it is Brender who is the cause of all accidents occurring to him. Persson finds Brender at the Royal Theatre one evening and tries to kill him with a hammer, instead Persson himself falls dead to the floor. Brender avoids calling the police, being scared to become a suspect, instead he places the corpse on a bench in a park.

Cast

as Stig Brender, theatre manager *

as Envall, Police Inspector *

as Sam Persson *

as Lena Vendel, Stig Brenders wife *

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as Axel Forselius, actor *

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as Theater Director *

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as Strandmark * Fylgia Zadig as Mrs. Conelli *

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as Fris, Senior Lecturer * Gertrud Danielsson as Mrs. Johansson *

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as Piss-Oskar *

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as Mr. Victorin * Eric Stolpe as Peddler * Allan Edwall as Man at Restaurant * Gunnar Olsson as Gustaf Andreas Wallin, Vicar * Claes Esphagen as Dahlman *

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as Nicke * Åke Wästersjö as Nicklasson * Marrit Ohlsson as Luggage Expedition Lady * Svea Holst as Luggage Expedition Lady *

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as Berglärkan *

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as Mac Norling *

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as an actor *

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as Sten *

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as Drunk at the Street

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Fredrik. ''The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman''. Berghahn Books, 2016. * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1960 films Films directed by Hasse Ekman 1960s thriller films Swedish thriller films 1960s Swedish-language films Films scored by Erik Nordgren Films set in Stockholm Films shot in Stockholm 1960s Swedish films {{1960s-Sweden-film-stub