Morsarvet

Morsarvet
Written by	Solveig Ternström
Directed by	SVT
Release	16 November (1993-11-16) – 28 December 1993 (1993-12-28)

Morsarvet is a 1993 Swedish mini series directed by Staffan Roos written by, and starring, Solveig Ternström.

The series was televised on

in late 1993.

Plot summary

The series is set in 1940 during

, with several hints to the novel in style and story but it is not based on the novel. Several characters are real, or based on real people, as the series are based on Solveig Ternström's own experiences growing up close to the border during the war.

Cast

• Solveig Ternström as Lilly Amundsen, a Norwegian woman on the run from the Nazis. She and her children take the protection of his mother's house in Sweden.
• Stig Torstensson as Albin, Lilly's alcoholic brother and member of the infamous Munkfors Gang.
• Paula Ternström as Ada Amundsen, Lilly's traumatized daughter.
• Øystein Riise Naess as Ola Amundsen, Ada's brother.
• Sven Lindberg, Johan, Lillys stepfather. He is obsessed with hunting down the White Moose.
• Elaine Sjöberg as Beda, a wise old lady
• Edvard Olsson, Helmer, A sympathetic Swedish man who fall in love with Lilly.
• Gösta Berlings Saga
  .
• Björn Söderbäck as Country Fiscal Henningson, A sinister Nazi-sympathizer.
• Hans Sandqvist as Mörkermannen (The Dark Man), a spirit representing the forces of darkness. He appears to several characters, mostly to Ada but also to The Munkfors Gang, Lilly and several others.
• Peter Stormare Colonel Bergkvist, a Swedish colonel in desperate need of winter uniforms for his troops.
• Nazi
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• Lars Löfgren as a mysterious Swedish Nazi who terrorizes Lilly on a train.
• Torsten Wahlund as Arne Amundsen, Lilly's husband and a captain in the Norwegian Army.
• Ketil Høegh as Guldbransen, a man trying to sell "nigger-gold" to people at a market.

Swedish rock singer

makes a cameo as a Nazi officer.

References

External links

• Entry on Svensk filmdatabas
• Entry on IMDb