The Great Amateur

1958

1h 32m

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Comedy

Overview

Modern fairy tale about the small town of Fårtuna where the chief of police is also an amateur theater director. The local shop assistant Linda aspires to become an actress and gets discovered by a talent agent from Stockholm.

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Cast & Crew

39 members

Acting

Martin Ljung

Alfred Erlandsson

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Marianne Bengtsson

Linda Svensson

Directing

Hasse Ekman

Max Wallby

Art

Yngve Gamlin

Mayor Lilja

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Sven-Eric Gamble

Roffe

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Einar Axelsson

Victor Wirén

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Brita Borg

Singer

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Bullan Weijden

Olga af Klinting

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Margit Andelius

Ms. Krans-Westerlund

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Povel Ramel

Singer

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Birgitta Andersson

Lita

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Berndt Westerberg

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John Melin

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Georg Skarstedt

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Hanny Schedin

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John Norrman

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Astrid Bodin

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Karl Erik Flens

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Marianne Nielsen

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Wiktor Andersson

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Bellan Roos

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Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

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Axel Högel

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Jan Kings

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Håkan Serner

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Curt Löwgren

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Bo Samuelson

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Ludde Juberg

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Sven Ericsson

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Tord Peterson

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Rune Jansson

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Bertil Johnson

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Sten Lonnert

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Eva Alw

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Albin Erlandzon

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Bengt Berger

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Carl Andersson

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Kenneth Petersen

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Marie Isedal

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