26 Dec 1995
Saltkråkan
Theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Saltkråkan recorded for television.
Teatermakaren
"The Theater-creaters" - About the actor Bruscon, who stops in the small village of Utzbach on tour and tries to successfully bring his play "Das Rad der Geschichte/The Wheel of History" on stage. His whole family - the wife, son and daughter - are involved as actors.
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Ernst-Hugo Järegård Bruscon
Mona Malm Mrs. Bruscon
Kristina Törnqvist Sarah
Olof Willgren Ferruccio
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs The innkeeper's wife
Stig Torstensson The innkeeper
Kicki Bramberg Erna
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