Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)
"Ägget är löst!" (original title)

Director:

Hans Alfredson

Writers:

Hans Alfredson (novel), Hans Alfredson (screenplay)

Stars:

Gösta Ekman, Max von Sydow, Birgitta Andersson

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gösta Ekman	...	The Son
Max von Sydow	...	The Father
Birgitta Andersson	...	The Mother
Anna Godenius	...	Girl
Hans Alfredson	...	Tramp
Börje Ahlstedt	...	Man in Comercial
Ingvar Petrow	...	(as Ingvar Petrov)
Jim Hughes	...	American
Stig Ossian Ericson	...	Worker
Jan Wirén	...	Worker
Meg Westergren	...	Woman in Comercial
Ola Thulin	...	Doctor
Kerstin Lokrantz	...	Bathing woman
Anders Jonason	...	Bathing man
Bengt Ottekil	...	Fisherman

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

father son relationship | written and directed by cast member | black comedy | surrealism | based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

17 March 1975 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Softening of the Egg

Filming Locations:

Tomelilla, Skåne län, Sweden

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 4,738,633 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Svenska Ord

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Svenska Ord i bild och tal (2006)

User Reviews

One brilliant scene

This film is overall so-so, it has its ups and downs, including one peek which is to be mentioned as one of the best scenes in Swedish motion picture history, where the cold-hearted father (Von Sydow) throws his son (Gösta Ekman) into a secluded lake, where he gets caught in the soil. We then get to follow the process of how he becomes a part of the lake and the nature. The fact that everything that happens to him, in theory could happen in real life, fortifies the experience enormously. The scene is performed with such elegance and such captivating manners, leaving the audience breathless.