10 Mar 1982
Bänken
A gentleman joins two alcoholics on a bench.
National match
Erik Andersson marries Brita Blomstedt. During the wedding party he drinks alcohol which he is not used to. Later that evening Erik is involved in a brawl that end with a policeman getting a knife in the back.
Top Billed Cast
Georg Blomstedt Lars Erik Andersson
Signe Lundberg-Settergren Stina Andersson
Fritiof Billquist Erik Andersson
Gun Holmqvist Brita Blomstedt
Olof Sandborg Mr. Andelius
Håkan Westergren Otto Andelius
Signhild Björkman Karin Lind
Nils Jacobsson Wilhelm Bergstedt
Arne Borg Roffe Ek
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson Mrs. Holmgren
Emil Fjellström Bootlegger
Hjalmar Peters Ruben Lindqvist
Ragnar Falck Pelle Björk
Sigge Fürst Police officer
Holger Löwenadler District Judge
Georg Rydeberg District-court recording clerk
Concordia Selander Fru Holmgren
Charlie Almlöf Anti-sobriety barker (uncredited)
Olga Andersson Andelius wife (uncredited)
Ingrid Bergman Girl Waiting in Line (uncredited)
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