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The Women on the Roof is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 31 march 1990 with Amanda Ooms
The Women on the Roof (1989)
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Add to a movie listThe Women on the Roof (Swedish: Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989 Swedish film written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms and Helena Bergström. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. At the 25th Guldbagge Awards, Stellan Skarsgård won the award for Best Actor. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in Stockholm just before World War I. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer (Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna’s circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea’s routine.Actors
Amanda Ooms
(Linnea)
Helena Bergström
(Anna)
Stellan Skarsgård
(Willy)
Percy Brandt
(Fischer)
Leif Andrée
(Oskar)
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