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Wikipedia article
'House of Angels' is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 21 February 1992, about a little village in Vstergtland, Sweden, 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. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director. It was also nominated for Best Actress (Helena Bergstrm), Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography (Jens Fischer). The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
A sequel, 'nglagrd – andra sommaren', was produced in 1994. A second sequel, 'nglagrd – tredje gngen gillt', was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 May 2011.
Cast
*Helena Bergstrm as Fanny Zander
*Rikard Wolff as Zac
*Sven Wollter as Axel Flogflt
*Reine Brynolfsson as Henning Collmer, vicar
*Ernst Gnther as Gottfrid Pettersson
*Viveka Seldahl as Rut Flogflt
*Per Oscarsson as Erik Zander
*Tord Peterson as Ivar Pettersson
*Ing-Marie Carlsson as Eva gren
*Jan Mybrand as Per-Ove gren
*Peter Andersson as Ragnar Zetterberg
*Jakob Eklund as Mrten Flogflt
*Carl-Einar Hckner as Guest at Party
*Grel Crona as Guest at Party
*Thabo Motsieola as Guest at Party
See also
* List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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