House of Angels

House of Angels
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Directed by	Colin Nutley
Produced by	Lars Jönsson Lars Dahlquist
Written by	Colin Nutley
Starring	Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Sven Wollter, Reine Brynolfsson, Ernst Günther, Viveka Seldahl
Cinematography	Jens Fischer
Release dates	21 February 1992 (1992-02-21)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Language	Swedish

House of Angels (Swedish: Änglagård) is a 1992 Swedish drama film about a little village in Västergötland, Sweden,^[1] where an aging recluse lives in a mansion on a large wooded property. One day he is accidentally killed and an unknown relative by the name of Fanny Zander inherits the mansion and land. When she and her friend Zac arrive, they turn life in the staid village upside down.

The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] At the 28th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director.^[3] It was also nominated for Best Actress (Helena Bergström), Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography (Jens Fischer).^[3]

A sequel, Änglagård – andra sommaren, was produced in 1994. A second sequel, Änglagård – tredje gången gillt, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 May 2011.

Cast

Helena Bergström as Fanny Zander
Rikard Wolff as Zac
Sven Wollter as Axel Flogfält
Reine Brynolfsson as Henning Collmer, vicar
Ernst Günther as Gottfrid Pettersson
Viveka Seldahl as Rut Flogfält
Per Oscarsson as Erik Zander
Tord Peterson as Ivar Pettersson
Ing-Marie Carlsson as Eva Ågren
Jan Mybrand as Per-Ove Ågren
Peter Andersson as Ragnar Zetterberg
Jakob Eklund as Mårten Flogfält
Carl-Einar Häckner as Guest at Party
Görel Crona as Guest at Party
Thabo Motsieola as Guest at Party

References

↑ "Änglagård (1992)" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Festival de Cannes: House of Angels". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Änglagård (1992)". Swedish Film Institute. 22 March 2014.

External links

House of Angels at the Internet Movie Database
House of Angels at the Swedish Film Institute Database

Films directed by Colin Nutley

The Ninth Company (1987) Blackjack (1990) House of Angels (1992) The Last Dance (1993) House of Angels – The Second Summer (1994) Such Is Life (1996) Under the Sun (1998) Gossip (2000) Deadline (2001) Paradise (2003) The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004) Heartbreak Hotel (2006) Angel (2008) House of Angels - Third Time Lucky (2010)

Guldbagge Award for Best Film

1963–1990	The Silence (1963/64) Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65) Heja Roland! (1965/66) Persona (1966/67) Hugo and Josephine (1967/68) The White Game (1968/69) A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70) The Emigrants (1970/71) The Apple War (1971/72) Cries and Whispers (1972/73) A Handful of Love (1973/74) The Last Adventure (1974/75) Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76) The Man on the Roof (1976/77) The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78) A Respectable Life (1978/79) To Be a Millionaire (1979/80) Children's Island (1980/81) The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82) Fanny and Alexander (1982/83) Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984) My Life as a Dog (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988) The Miracle in Valby (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)

1991–present	Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) A Pizza in Jordbro (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Hamsun (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) As White as in Snow (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) Dalecarlians (2004) Nina's Journey (2005) Kidz in da Hood (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Sebbe (2010) She Monkeys (2011) Eat Sleep Die (2012) The Reunion (2013) Force Majeure (2014)

Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1956–1960	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) None (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960)

1961–1980	Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here's Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) None (1973) None (1974) None (1975) City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) None (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980)

1981–2000	Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) None (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014)