Docking the Boat
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Docking the Boat | |
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Difficult To Go Ashore |
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Directed by | Tage Danielsson |
Produced by | Lars-Owe Carlberg |
Written by | Hans Alfredson Tage Danielsson |
Starring | Monica Zetterlund Lars Ekborg Birgitta Andersson Gösta Ekman Katie Rolfsen Hans Alfredson Hatte Furuhagen Tage Danielsson Jim Hughes |
Music by | Lars Färnlöf Charles Redland |
Running time | 87 min. |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
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Att angöra en brygga (English title: Docking the Boat, or sometimes: To Go Ashore) is a Swedish dark comedy film from 1965 directed by Tage Danielsson.
A group of friends are to celebrate the summer on a small island in the Stockholm Archipelago. The plan is to eat crayfish and drink snaps. Some are already in the house on the island and the rest of the group arrives by boat, but they experience great difficulties while trying to come ashore. An eccentric, Hollywood-obsessed, hot-tempered hermit living on the island doesn’t make the situation better.
The film stars Gösta Ekman, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Lars Ekborg and Birgitta Andersson have acquired a mild cult following in Sweden for their acting in this film. Monica Zetterlund also performed the theme song.