''Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story'' (, alternative title ''The Softening of the Egg'') is a 1975 Swedish

black comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

film directed by

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

, 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, to the Swedish actor and director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represent ...

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow (; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish and 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 aroun ...

. 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 * As ...

at the 11th Guldbagge Awards.

Plot

Cast

as The Son *

as The Father *

as The Mother *

Anna Godenius Anna Godenius (born 24 July 1944) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the 1977 miniseries and 1978 film '' Men Can't Be Raped.'' Biography She was born 24 July 1944 in Köping. She graduated from the State School o ...

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) a ...

as Man in Commercial * Ingvar Petrow (as Ingvar Petrov) * Jim Hughes as American * Stig Ossian Ericson as Worker * Jan Wirén as Worker * Meg Westergren as Woman in Commercial * Ola Thulin as Doctor

References

External links

* * 1975 films 1975 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 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub