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Sonja

1943 · 79 min

A quiet, earnest drama where old secrets slowly unsettle a happy marriage, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Directed by
Hampe Faustman
Genres
Drama
Starring
Birgit Tengroth, Åke Grönberg, Sture Lagerwall
Overview
Kurt and Sonja are happily married and dream of buying a house and have children. One day Kurt's old friend Nick pops up. Secrets from Sonja's past life surface.

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Directed by
Hampe Faustman
Genres
Drama
Starring
Birgit Tengroth, Åke Grönberg, Sture Lagerwall
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • love
  • sexuality
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hampe Faustman
Written by
Herbert Grevenius, Hampe Faustman, Gösta Stevens
Starring
Birgit Tengroth, Åke Grönberg, Sture Lagerwall, Elsie Albiin, David Erikson, Bengt Ekerot, Gunn Wållgren, Barbro Fleege
Cinematography
Hilding Bladh
Runtime
79 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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