03 Dec 1999
Sweet and Lowdown
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Nalen
Documentary about legendary Swedish jazz club "Nalen" featuring interviews with old musicians and singers, and old clips from the place in its glory days
Top Billed Cast
Lars Bagge Self
Putte Wickman Self
Monica Zetterlund Self
Lena Dahlman Self
Arne Domnérus Self
Erik Frank Self
Jan Allan Self
Claes-Göran Fagerstedt Self
Viktoria Tolstoy Self
Charlie Norman Self
Hans Kahn Self
Nisse Sandström Self
Rolf Ericson Self
Gunnar Nyberg Self
Sven Bollhem Self
Jack Lidström Self
Bertil Bertilson Self
Torbjörn 'Tompa' Jahn Self
Lars Kühler Self
Bengt Nyquist Self - Jazz Historian
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