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Midsommardröm i fattighuset

1959 · 106 min

A slow, sombre chamber piece that feels like watching a faded photograph come to life, heavy with quiet despair.

Directed by: Bengt Lagerkvist
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Hans Strååt, Ingvar Kjellson, Erik Strandmark

Overview: A Swedish TV play about a workhouse in Småland, Sweden. Midsummer's Dream in the Workhouse is written by Pär Lagerkvist.

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Directed by: Bengt Lagerkvist
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Hans Strååt, Ingvar Kjellson, Erik Strandmark

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
isolation
aging
death
power
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Bengt Lagerkvist
Written by: Pär Lagerkvist
Starring: Hans Strååt, Ingvar Kjellson, Erik Strandmark, John Elfström, Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad, Gunnel Broström, Nadja Witzansky, Pierre Fränckel
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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