''Rötmånad'' (American title: ''Dog Days'', British title: ''What Are You Doing After the Orgy?'') is a

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dark comedy film from 1970 directed by

Jan Halldoff Jan "Janne" Harry Halldoff (4 September 1939 – 23 July 2010) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1966 and 1982. His 1967 film titled ''Life's Just Great'' was entered into the 17th Berlin Internati ...

. In the Stockholm archipelago lives the barber Assar Gustafsson (played by

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (24 February 1921 – 16 January 1992) was a Swedish comedian and actor. History He grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, where there now is a street named after him. His father was a Social Democratic politician and Car ...

) peacefully with his 17-year-old daughter Anna-Bella (played by

Christina Lindberg Britt Christina Marinette Lindberg (born 6 December 1950) is a Swedish journalist known internationally for her work as an actress and glamour model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Biography Lindberg grew up in a working-class home in Anned ...

). One day Assar's wife Sally (

Ulla Sjöblom Ulla Sjöblom (11 May 1927 – 3 August 1989) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1988. Selected filmography * ''House of Women'' (1953) * ''Karin Månsdotter'' (1954) * ''Simon the Sinner'' (1954) * ''Our ...

) comes back after five years of absence and she starts up a

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with the young girl as the main attraction. The film contains a lot of

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and violence, but also a lot of humor, and has achieved

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status in Sweden. In 2014, SF released it on DVD as part of Fyra klassiska filmer av Jan Halldoff box set.

Cast

... Assar Gustafsson *

... Sally Gustafsson *

... Anna Bella Gustafsson *

Ernst Günther Ernst Harry Ingemar Günther (3 June 1933 – 8 December 1999) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 66 films and television shows between 1962 and 1999. He starred in the 1974 film ''Gangsterfilmen'', which entered into the 25th Berlin Inte ...

... Jansson *

Eddie Axberg Jan Eddie Axberg (born 9 July 1947) is a Swedish actor and audio engineer. He has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1959. At the 8th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The Emigrants'' an ...

... Jan *Jan Blomberg ... Photographer

External links

* 1970 films 1970s Swedish-language films 1970s black comedy films Films directed by Jan Halldoff Swedish black comedy films 1970 comedy films 1970 drama films 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub