Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975)

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97 min - Comedy | Musical - 6 December 1975 (Sweden)

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Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who has commited crimes should be locked up... See full summary »

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Lena Nyman	...	Frida
	Tage Danielsson	...	Frida's friend
	Georg Årlin	...	Judge
	Margaretha Krook	...	Judge's daughter
	Ernst-Hugo Järegård	...	Harald
	Jan Malmsjö	...	'Professorn'
	Urban Sahlin	...	'Apan'
	Gösta Ekman	...	Frans - Prison director
	Hans Alfredson	...	Erlandsson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Per-Axel Arosenius	...	Police officer
	Lennart Aspegren	...	Police officer
	Helena Brodin	...	Frida's friend's mother
	Gerda Calander	...	Member of the Cookie Academy
	Martha Colliander	...	Member of the Cookie Academy
	Gregor Dahlman	...	Prisoner who killed his wife

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Storyline

Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who has commited crimes should be locked up. One day their own house is burgled by Harald. He is sentenced to prison. Acting in accordance with her philosophy, Frida decides to use all means possible to make it possible for Harald to escape. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>

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Plot Keywords:

Prison | Prisoner | Spring | Warden | Farce

Taglines:

En familjefars av Tage Danielsson

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

6 December 1975 (Sweden) See more »

Also Known As:

Päästäkää vangit irti - on kevät! See more »

Filming Locations:

Drottningholm Castle, Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Sweden See more »

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 14,826,000 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Svenska Ord See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Quotes

Judge: [Till Harald] Ja, jag måste då säga att det var ett sabla sätt att ta servisen. Men å andra var det ett något mindre sabla sätt att lämna tillbaks den.
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Crazy Credits

As this is a film about criminals and prisons, all assistants in production
(assistant to the director, assistants to the cameramen etc.) are credited
as "complicity in" (complicity in directing, complicity in photography
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Connections

Featured in Svenska Ord i bild och tal (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"DEN FOERSTA GAANG JAG SAAG DIG"
Music and Lyrics by Birger Sjoeberg See more »