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A Walk in the Sun (1978 film)
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Wikipedia article
'A Walk in the Sun' is a 1978 Swedish drama film directed by Hans Dahlberg and starring Gsta Ekman, Inger Lise Rypdal and Margaretha Krook.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090129101327/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/385722 BFI.org] At the 15th Guldbagge Awards, Sif Ruud won the award for Best Actress. The film was based on a 1976 novel by Stig Claesson.
Premise
An unsettled Swedish sports writer tries to escape from his relationship problems and the Swedish winter by taking a package holiday to Cyprus in the Mediterranean.
Cast
* Gsta Ekman as Tore
* Inger Lise Rypdal as Marion
* Margaretha Krook as Ellen
* Sif Ruud as Siv
* Margareta Bystrm as Ulla
* Irma Christenson as Vera
* Kjerstin Dellert as Lady from Sala
* Mihalis Giannatos as waiter
* Kenneth Haigh as George
* Ragnar Pelka Hansson as Swede
* Dimitris Ioakeimidis as taxi driver
* Kostas Kastanas as doctor
* Nikos Kouros as optician
* Staffan Liljander as Erik
* Kimon Mouzenidis as hairdresser
* Konstantina Savvidi as grape woman
* Grigorios Siskos as police sergeant
Production
The film was the first to be directed by Hans Dahlberg himself.
The film was shot between 13 April and 31 May 1978 in Stockholm Arlanda Airport and in the seaside resort of Loutraki, near Corinth in Greece.
The world premiere occurred at the theatre in Stockholm on 25 December 1978, the age limit being 11.
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