''Christopher's House'' () is a 1979 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Lars Lennart Forsberg Lars Lennart Forsberg (31 July 1933 – 3 January 2012) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, ...

. It competed in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

1980 Cannes Film Festival The 33rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980. American actor Kirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film ''Stalker'' was notoriously interrupted by a ...

Cast

* Thommy Berggren - Kristoffer * Agneta Eckemyr - Hanna *

Börje Ahlstedt Nils Börje Ahlstedt (born 21 February 1939) is a Swedish actor who has worked extensively with the world-famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982), ''The Best Intentions'' (1992), ''Sunday's Children'' (1992) a ...

- Börje *

Mimi Pollak Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 – 11 August 1999) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. Biography Pollak was born in Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at the prestigious Ro ...

- Grandma *

Gunnel Broström Gunnel Broström (1922–2012) was a Swedish stage, film and television actress.Wright p.120 She also directed a number of television films from 1965 onwards. She was married to the journalist Gustaf Olivecrona. Selected filmography * '' Ride To ...

- The Mother * Pia Garde - The Sick Girl * Majlis Granlund - The Sick Girl's Mother * Linda Megner - Frida *

Birgitta Andersson Ulla Birgitta Helena Andersson (born ''Andersson''; 20 April 1933) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Career Andersson made her breakthrough by acting in various variety shows with Povel Ramel and Karl Gerhard. She was part of the group aroun ...

- Helena Sandholm *

Per Oscarsson Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film ''Hunger'', which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Early life Oscarsson was born, alo ...

- Kräftan * Silvija Bardh - Siri * Stig Ossian Ericson - Stenkil * Gunnar Friberg - Journalist * Marie Göranzon - Mona * Sten Johan Hedman - Leif

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Swedish-language films 1979 drama films Films scored by Björn Isfält Swedish drama films 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-Sweden-film-stub