''Bang!'' is a 1977 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Jan Troell Jan Gustaf Troell (born 23 July 1931) is a Swedish writer-director and cinematographer. His realistic films, with a lyrical photography in which nature is prominent, have placed him in the first rank of modern Swedish film directors along with I ...

. It was entered into the

1977 Cannes Film Festival The 30th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 27 May 1977. Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini served as jury president for the main competition. Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top priz ...

Håkan Serner John Gunnar Håkan Serner (1 September 1933 in Malmö – 25 October 1984 in Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish actor. Family He was nephew to Frank Heller, and stepfather to Malin Gjörup. Awards In 1977 Serner received the award for Guldbagge ...

won the award for Best Actor at the

13th Guldbagge Awards The 13th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1976 and 1977, and took place on 5 September 1977. '' The Man on the Roof'' directed by Bo Widerberg was presented with the award for B ...

.Variety's Film Reviews: 1975-1977 0835227944 "Bang! " has its title from a Charlie Schulz Snoopy balloon: "When I was a puppy, every day was a happy day. Suddenly, BANG! and I am in my declining years."

Cast

Susan Hampshire Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis (born 12 May 1937), is an English actress. She is a three-time Emmy Award winner, winning for the television dramas, '' The Forsyte Saga'' in 1970, '' The First Churchills'' in 1971, and for '' Vanity Fair'' i ...

- Cilla Brown * Alf Hellberg - Older Colleague * Kristina Kamnert-Suneson - Cleaning woman * Kristina Karlin - Cleaning Woman * Staffan Liljander - Colleague *

Yvonne Lombard Yvonne Lombard (born 28 May 1929) is a Swedish actress. Born in Stockholm, Lombard studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") there, where she trained between 1948 and 1951 with the likes of Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin. She has perfo ...

- Lena * Berto Marklund - School Janitor *

Ulf Palme Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö. Partial filmography * '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne * ''M ...

- Johnny *

Agneta Prytz Agneta Prytz (15 December 1916 – 4 July 2008) was a Swedish movie and stage actress who appeared in thirty-six films over the course of her career. Prytz was the wife of Swedish director, Gösta Folke. Prytz was born Ingrid Agneta Prytz on 15 ...

- Mrs. Leonardsson *

- Hinder *

Beate Ùrskov Beata or Beate is a female given name or Portuguese surname that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name'' ...

- Beate *

Eva von Hanno Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), in the ''Devil May Cry'' video game series * ...

- Rosita *

Åke Whilney Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/ Norweg ...

- Hinder's Classmate *

Claire Wikholm Claire Minna Patricia Olofsdotter Wikholm (born 10 October 1944 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress. Wikholm worked at Malmö City Theatre 1968–71 and since then, she has worked at Stockholm City Theatre. In November 2005, it was revealed t ...

- Colleague

References

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* * 1977 films 1977 drama films Swedish drama films 1970s Swedish-language films Films directed by Jan Troell 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-drama-film-stub