''A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon'' ( sv, Berget på månens baksida) is a 1983 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- ...

about the life of the Russian mathematician

Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: link=no, Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), born Korvin-Krukovskaya ( – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differen ...

, written by

Agneta Pleijel Agneta Pleijel (born 1940) is a Swedish novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and literary critic. Among her plays are ''Ordning härskar i Berlin'' from 1979. Among her novels are ''Vindspejare'' from 1987 and ''Drottningens chirurg'' from 200 ...

and directed by

Lennart Hjulström Lennart Hjalmar Hjulström (18 July 1938 – 3 July 2022) was a Swedish actor and director. He was married to Gunilla Nyroos and father of Niklas and Carin Hjulström. His father was Filip Hjulström. Partial filmography *1983: '' Berget på ...

Gunilla Nyroos Gunilla Birgitta Nyroos (born 7 October 1945) is a Swedish actress. Life and career She won the award for Best Actress at the 20th Guldbagge Awards for her role in '' A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon''. In the autumn 2008, she participate ...

won the award for

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

at the 20th Guldbagge Awards.

Cast

Bibi Andersson Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019), known professionally as Bibi Andersson (), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Early life and career Anders ...

as Ann-Charlotte Leffler *

Thommy Berggren Thommy Berggren, né Tommy William Berggren (born 12 August 1937) is a Swedish actor. He is known for having starred in several films directed by Bo Widerberg, and was often considered one of the foremost Swedish film and theatre actors from t ...

as Maxim Kovalevskij *

Roland Hedlund Roland Hedlund (17 November 1933 – 8 March 2019) was a Swedish actor. For his role in the 1969 film ''Ådalen 31'' he won the Best Actor award at the 6th Guldbagge Awards. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 195 ...

as Anton * Gerd Hegnell as Martha Mittag-Leffler * Ingvar Hirdwall as Gustaf Edgren *

as Sonja Kovalevskij * Lina Pleijel as Foufa Kovaevskij * Birgitta Ulfsson as Greta * Iwar Wiklander as Gösta Mittag-Leffler

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* * 1983 films 1983 drama films Biographical films about mathematicians Swedish drama films 1980s Swedish-language films 1980s Swedish films {{1980s-Sweden-film-stub

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