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I've Got to Live...

I've Got to Live...

1978•1h 42m
Drama

The sawmill in a northern Swedish village close down. Nils becomes unemployed. In order to cope with needs of his family, he is forced to travel south. His wife Karin and the children will stay in the village until further notice. Nils starts working at a factory. In addition to the job, he has been promised a good residence so that the family can move to him.

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Production

Fria Filmare Produktion

Language

SV

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Stig Engström

Stig Engström

Nils

Lena Granhagen

Lena Granhagen

Karin

Tomas Bolme

Tomas Bolme

Falk

Olof Buckard

Olof Buckard

Minister

Thomas Hellberg

Thomas Hellberg

Sune

Björn Gedda

Björn Gedda

Rolf

Ulf Johansson

Ulf Johansson

Arvid

Marja Packalén

Marja Packalén

Marja

Eduardo Montes

Eduardo

Karin Miller

Stina

Gösta Prüzelius

Gösta Prüzelius

verkställande direktör

Leif Stålhammer

förman

Olof Willgren

avdelningschef

Lasse Pettersson

Erik

Bernt Dahlbäck

Lindström

Bissa Abelli

Miss Lola

Rolf Skoog

Rolf Skoog

Felix Engström

Magnus

Johanna Granhagen

Ingrid

Maria Montes

Maria

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