''The Tattooed Widow'' (

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: ''Den tatuerade änkan'') is a

International Emmy Award winning TV movie from 1998, written and directed by Lars Molin. The film is centered on the 60 plus woman Ester, played by

Mona Malm Mona Kristina Wahlman (24 January 1935 – 12 January 2021), better known by her stage name Mona Malm, was a Swedish film, stage, and television actress. Born in 1935 to Harald Ericsson and Inez Malmberg, she began her career with the Swedish Ro ...

. Ester is living in a somewhat failed marriage where she is expected to take care of the household and be a good grandmother. But when a female relative, aunt Agnes, dies, everything changes. Agnes' death gives Ester new possibilities and becomes an impulse for her to live her dreams. In 1999 ''The Tattooed Widow'' was awarded an

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for best international TV movie.

Cast

– Ester Hershagen * Sven Wollter – Erik Sandström * Ingvar Hirdwall – Egon Andersson * Jan Malmsjö – Leon Mark *

Gösta Bredefeldt Gösta Johan Harwey Bredefeldt (19 December 1935 – 9 January 2010) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1961 and 2009. He starred in the 1974 film '' A Handful of Love'', which was entered int ...

– Allan Hershagen *

Pia Johansson Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson (born 16 November 1960 in Umeå) is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator. Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1989. Afte ...

– Anette Hershagen * Per Graffman – Jörgen Ramberg * Maria Kulle – Lillemor Hershagen * Göran Forsmark – Joakim Hershagen * Erland Josephson – Per Gunnarsson * Niklas Falk – Cederberg

External links

* 1998 television films 1998 films Swedish drama films Swedish television films 1990s Swedish-language films International Emmy Award for Drama winners 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub