''Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story'' ( sv, Ägget är löst!, alternative title ''The Softening of the Egg'') is a 1975 Swedish black comedy film directed by

Hans Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their p ...

, starring

Gösta Ekman Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director. Career Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented ...

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

and

Birgitta Andersson Ulla Birgitta Helena Andersson (born ''Andersson''; 20 April 1933) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Career Andersson made her breakthrough by acting in various variety shows with Povel Ramel and Karl Gerhard. She was part of the group around H ...

. Alfredson won the award for

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

at the

11th Guldbagge Awards The 11th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1974 and 1975, and took place on 13 October 1975. '' The Last Adventure'' directed by Jan Halldoff was presented with the award for Bes ...

Cast

as The Son *

as The Father *

as The Mother * Anna Godenius as Girl *

as Tramp *

Börje Ahlstedt Nils Börje Ahlstedt (born 21 February 1939) is a Swedish actor who has worked extensively with the world-famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982), ''The Best Intentions'' (1992), '' Sunday's Children'' (1992) ...

as Man in Commercial * Ingvar Petrow (as Ingvar Petrov) * Jim Hughes as American * Stig Ossian Ericson as Worker * Jan Wirén as Worker *

Meg Westergren Elsa Margareta "Meg" Westergren (born 16 May 1932) is a Swedish actress from Nockeby, Bromma, in Stockholm. Her parents were both actors and she made her acting debut in the 1951 film ''Living on 'Hope. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Trai ...

as Woman in Commercial * Ola Thulin as Doctor

References

External links

* * 1975 films 1970s black comedy films Films directed by Hasse Alfredson Swedish black comedy films 1970s Swedish-language films Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award 1975 comedy films 1975 drama films 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub