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Wikipedia article
'The Sixth Shot' (Swedish: 'Sjtte skottet') is a 1943 Swedish drama film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Edvin Adolphson, Karin Ekelund and Gunn Wllgren.Qvist & Von Bagh p.70Gustafsson p.58
Plot summary
Two people who feel unsuccessful meet one evening in Monte Carlo. Georg Winkler even plans to commit suicide, but he is hindered by Marguerite Hoffman and they start discussing their lives over a drink. They agree to start a new life together.
Georg's talent is pistol shooting and Marguerite has been an actress, but not a successful one. They now start touring under the name "Hard & Hardy", where Georg uses his pistol in a lethally dangerous number with Marguerite as a target. They are now touring with a hit number, happy and in love. But even the best of plans can go terribly wrong...
Cast
*Edvin Adolphson as Georg Winkler, "Mr. Hard"
*Karin Ekelund as Marguerite Hoffman, "Miss Hardy"
*Gunn Wllgren as Lulu
*Nils Lundell as Toni, the clown
*Olof Widgren as Bjrn Hoffman
*Tore Lindwall as Chief Superintendent
*David Erikson as stablekeeper
*Sten Hedlund as police commissary
*Nils Johannisson as Director Mller
*Wiktor "Kulrten" Andersson as Carnival Barker
*Otto Moskovitz as Kiki, dwarf at Cirkus Zoo
*Willi Wells as Danish konferencier
* Agda Helin as Vera Violetta
* Mimi Nelson as Ung dam p kafet i Paris
* Artur Roln as Ceremonimstare
* Siegfried Fischer as Man in hkte
References
Bibliography
* Gustafsson, Fredrik. 'The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman'. Berghahn Books, 2016.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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