The Women on the Roof

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The Women on the Roof
Directed by	Carl-Gustav Nykvist
Produced by	Waldemar Bergendahl
Written by	Carl-Gustav Nykvist Lasse Summanen
Starring	Amanda Ooms Helena Bergström
Cinematography	Ulf Brantås
Editing by	Lasse Summanen
Release dates	15 September 1989
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Women on the Roof (Swedish: Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989 Swedish film written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms and Helena Bergström. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in Stockholm just before World War I. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer (Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna’s circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea’s routine.

Cast

Amanda Ooms - Linnea
Helena Bergström - Anna
Stellan Skarsgård - Willy
Percy Brandt - Fischer
Lars Ori Bäckström - Holger
Katarina Olsson - Gerda
Leif Andrée - Oskar
Stig Ossian Ericson - Vicar
Johan Bergenstråhle - Photographer Halling

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Women on the Roof". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-01.

External links

The Women on the Roof / Kvinnorna på taket at the Internet Movie Database
The Women on the Roof at the Swedish Film Database

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