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Status
Released
Release
2008
Runtime
2h 11m
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In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
37 Cast Members
Maria Heiskanen
Maria Larsson
Mikael Persbrandt
Sigfrid Larsson
Jesper Christensen
Sebastian Pedersen
Emil Jensen
Englund
Callin Öhrvall
Maja Larsson (age 15-22)
Nellie Almgren
Maja Larsson (age 8-10)
Birte Heribertson
Maja Larsson (narration) / Aunt Tora
Ghita Nørby
Miss Fagerdal
Amanda Ooms
Matilda
Hans Henrik Clemensen
Mr. Fagerdal
Maria Lundqvist
Miss Petrén
Annika Lundgren
Miss Öst
Ann Petrén
Ida
Livia Millhagen
Ingeborg's mother
Zenna Fiscella
Ingeborg
Claire Wikholm
Grandmother Karna
Antti Reini
Finnish Sea Captain
Johanna Troell
Margareta
Rune Bergman
Maria's Father
Hans Alfredson
Prison Guard
