The Women on the Roof

The Women on the Roof
The Women on the Roof
Directed by	Carl-Gustav Nykvist
Written by	Carl-Gustav Nykvist; Lasse Summanen
Produced by	Waldemar Bergendahl
Starring	Amanda Ooms; Helena Bergström
Cinematography	Ulf Brantås
Edited by	Lasse Summanen
Release date	15 September 1989;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Women on the Roof (Swedish: Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989 Swedish film written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms and Helena Bergström. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] At the 25th Guldbagge Awards, Stellan Skarsgård won the award for Best Actor.^[2] The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3]

Plot

An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in Stockholm just before World War I. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer (Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna's circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea's routine.

Cast

Amanda Ooms - Linnea
Helena Bergström - Anna
Stellan Skarsgård - Willy
Percy Brandt - Fischer
Lars Ori Bäckström - Holger
Katarina Olsson - Gerda
Leif Andrée - Oskar
Stig Ossian Ericson - Vicar
Johan Bergenstråhle - Photographer Halling

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Women on the Roof". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
↑ "Kvinnorna på taket (1989)". Swedish Film Institute. 16 March 2014.
↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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[25thGuldbagge-2] "Kvinnorna på taket (1989)". Swedish Film Institute. 16 March 2014.

[3] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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v t e Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) No Award (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) 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) No Award (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)
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