A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.
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Cast
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Doris Svedlund
Birgitta Carolina Söderberg
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Birger Malmsten
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Eva Henning
Sofi
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Hasse Ekman
Martin Grande
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Stig Olin
Peter
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Irma Christenson
Linnea
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Doktor Glas
Anders Henrikson
Paul
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Marianne Löfgren
Mrs. Bohlin
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Bibi Lindqvist
Anna
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Curt Masreliez
Alf
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Anna
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Ingmar Bergman Director · Erland von Koch Composer Göran Strindberg Cinematographer
First release March 19, 1949 · Produced in Sweden · Original title Fängelse
Production
Terrafilm
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Sweden
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Original title
Fängelse
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · March 19, 1949
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No release date listed for United States.
Finland
October 24, 1978 · TV
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