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Rannstensungar

1944 · 98 min

A gentle, sorrowful old-fashioned drama about a trapped child and the kindness of strangers, slow and heartfelt.

Directed by: Ragnar Frisk
Genres: Drama
Starring: Adolf Jahr, Britta Brunius, Lillie Wästfeldt

Overview: Ninni is a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother dies and she is taken care of by a friend of the family. She is trapped in the heart of Stockholm and can't get out of the city because the lack of money.

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Directed by: Ragnar Frisk
Genres: Drama
Starring: Adolf Jahr, Britta Brunius, Lillie Wästfeldt

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
parenthood
class
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ragnar Frisk
Written by: Torsten Lundqvist, Åke Hodell
Starring: Adolf Jahr, Britta Brunius, Lillie Wästfeldt, Harry Persson, Birgitta Hoppeler, Gunnel Nilsson, Hans Lindgren, Richard Svanström
Cinematography: Evert Löfstedt
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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