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The Heavenly Play
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Wikipedia article
'The Heavenly Play' is a 1942 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjberg.
Plot
The young peasants Mats and Marit are about to marry when a disease breaks out in their village. Marit gets accused of being a witch and sentenced to death. After she has been burnt alive Mats leaves the village and seeks a way to make God sending Marit back from heaven onto earth. He fails and loses his personal integrity. Marlit has to ask God to intervene before the devil can take Mats. God shows mercy by reuniting Mats and Marit in heaven.
Cast
* Rune Lindstrm as Mats Ersson
* Eivor Landstrm as Marit Knutsdotter
* Anders Henrikson as Our Lord
* Holger Lwenadler as King Salomo
* Gudrun Brost as King Salomo's mistress
* Arnold Sjstrand as Juvas Anders, painter
* Emil Fjellstrm as Gammel-Jerk
* Nils Gustafsson as blind man at the road
* Hugo Bjrne as prophet Elias
* Torsten Winge as Jonas
* Erik Hell as Jon Persson
* ke Claesson as Profet Jeremiah (as ke Claeson)
* Bjrn Berglund as Josef
* Inga-Lilly Forsstrm as Virgin Mary (as Inga Lilly Forsstrm)
* Lisskulla Jobs as country woman
* Anita Bjrk as Anna Jesper
References
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