''Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia'' is a 1991 Swedish
mystery film
A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, i ...
directed by
Anders Grönros, based on
Maria Gripe's young adult novel of the same name. Grönros won the award for
Best Director and
Per Källberg won the award for Best Cinematography at the
27th Guldbagge Awards.
It was also nominated for
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and
Gloria Tapia was nominated for
Best Actress in a leading role
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.
Plot
As a five-year-old, Nora loses her parents in a car accident. Her relatives never tell her the truth of what happened. Ten years later, Nora moves with her foster family into an old apartment building, where strange things begin to happen. She hears footsteps stopping outside her room, she barely escapes a fatal accident thanks to an anonymous phone call, and a book of Russian folk tales repeatedly falls open to the page reading "
Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What
Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What (russian: Пойди туда, не знаю куда, принеси то, не знаю что, translit. ''Poydi tuda, ne znau kuda, prinesi to, ne znau chto'') is a Russian fairy tale colle ...
". Together with her foster brother Dag, Nora searches for answers to all the questions surrounding her.
Production
Filming took place in
Nyköping
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Including Arnö, the locality on the southern shore of th ...
,
Gamla Stan Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan ...
, and
Stockholm Central Station
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between 9 October 1989 and May 1990.
Cast
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Gloria Tapia – Eleonora "Nora" Hed
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Ronn Elfors – Dag Sjöborg
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Stina Ekblad – Karin Sjöborg
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Allan Svensson – Anders Sjöborg
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Vanna Rosenberg – Lena, Nora's friendess
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Cecilia Milocco – Agnes Cecilia Eng / Tetti
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Mimi Pollak
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 – 11 August 1999) was a Swedish actress and theatre director.
Biography
Maria Helena Pollak was born in Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at th ...
– Hulda Persson, Inga's mother
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Meta Velander
Eva Margareta Velander (born 13 August 1924), also known as Meta Velander, is a Swedish actress.
Velander grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, close to Rålambshovsparken, where she lived until she was twenty-one.
She started acting in plays ...
– Vera Alm, Nora's mat. grandmother
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Percy Brandt – Birger Alm, Nora's mat. grandfather
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Natasha Chiapponi-Grönros – Nora as a child
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Benjamin Elfors – Dag as a child
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Bojan Westin – Inga, Lena's mat. grandmother
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Suzanne Reuter – Carita Eng, Tetti's mother
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Beatrice Chiapponi-Grönros – Anna Hed, Nora's mother
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Björn Andrésen – Per Hed, Nora's father
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Olle Johansson – Clockmaker
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Måns Westfelt – Doll-doctor
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Fredrik Grundel – Teacher
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Anne Otto – Nurse
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Clemens Paal – Construction-worker
References
External links
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1991 films
1990s mystery films
1990s Swedish-language films
Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award
Swedish mystery films
1990s Swedish films