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Writers:
Lars-Magnus Lindgren (writer)
Olle Länsberg (novel)
Release Date:
23 November 1964 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
John is a shipmaster on a very small transportation boat which regularly attends a very small harbour to buy food... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Love story of all times, dramaturgy before its time more

Cast

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Jarl Kulle ... John Berndtsson
Christina Schollin ... Anna
Helena Nilsson ... Helena
Erik Hell ... Yngve Lindgren
Emy Storm ... Karin Lindgren
Morgan Anderson ... Raymond
Synnøve Liljebæck ... Dagny
Hans Wigren ... Elon
Håkan Serner ... Erwin
Bo Wahlström ... Bosse (as Bosse Wahlström)
Erland Nordenfalk ... Kurt
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dear John (USA)
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Runtime:
USA:115 min
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Copenhagen, Denmark more

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Referenced in Changes (1970) more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Love story of all times, dramaturgy before its time, 21 January 2003
Author: Forseth from Giron / Kiruna, Lapland, Sweden

"Käre John" had its premiere when I was a school boy. I remember much talk about its nude scenes. Sweden was renowned for that kind in those days. That made me never want to see the film. I'm glad I didn't, not even when I was 15 and could. I'm glad because I was too unexperienced to understand the love story. To-day the film would be allowed to all ages here (but is - of course - of no interest to too young ones), the nude scenes are nothing but perfectly natural settings.

I'm surprised over how modern the whole film seems: the actors act naturally - not theatrically (and very good), the script is just as good. Most notable is the odd jumping to and fro in the chronology of the story. That must have been much before the time the film was set in, 1964.

In short: a good depiction of a simple story we all can recognize ourselves in.

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