“The Swedish film that created a sensation!”
During his military service, a man meets a woman who works in the kitchen at the camp and they start a relationship. When the man is out on combat exercises, he becomes a witness to his Sergeant being paralyzed by a snake.
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Cast
18 people
Christina Schollin
Iréne Sandström
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
Harriet Andersson
Wera
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Through a Glass Darkly
Summer with Monika
Hans Ernback
Bill Stenberg
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Adam in Sweden
Roseanna
Tor Isedal
Sgt. Bohman
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The Virgin Spring
Swedes at Sea
Gudrun Brost
Maria Sandström
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Hour of the Wolf
The Virgin Spring
Brita Öberg
Agda Morin
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Åsa-Nisse slår till
Shame
Eddie Axberg
Delivery boy
Known for
The Emigrants
Lars Passgård
Gideon
Known for
Through a Glass Darkly
Björn Gustafson
Mattsson
Known for
Jönssonligan & den svarta diamanten
Emil of Lonneberga
Tommy Nilsson
Berndt Claesson
Known for
A Swedish Love Story
Morgan Andersson
Åke
Also in
Dear John
Operation Argus
Lars Edström
Pjatten
Also in
Confessions of a Fool
Kvällspressen
Hans Abramson Director · Nita Värhammar Screenplay Stig Dagerman Author
First release April 25, 1966 · Produced in Sweden · Production Minerva Film AB
Production
SF Studios
Production
Minerva Film AB
Production
Sweden
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Original title
Ormen: Berättelsen om Iréne
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · April 25, 1966
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No release date listed for United States.
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