01 May 2023
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After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a surreal journey as they attempt to track down the perpetrators.
A Dream Play
"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play – a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén’s Malmö crew was behind this, for its time, prestigious and costly theatre production, involving more than 40 actors and no less than 75 extras.
Top Billed Cast
Ingrid Thulin Agnes
Uno Henning Alfred
Allan Edwall Axel
Olof Widgren Writer
John Elfström Glazier
Maude Adelson 
Jörgen Lindström 
Carl Billquist 
Helena Brodin 
Tor Isedal 
Margaretha Krook 
Lars Lind 
Birger Malmsten Britta Pettersson 
Georg Årlin 
Julie Bernby 
Ingrid Borthen 
Märta Dorff 
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad 
Eivor Landström
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