A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he ...
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Title: The Girl in a Swing (1988)
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| Meg Tilly | ... | Karin | |
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Rupert Frazer | ... | Alan |
| Nicholas Le Prevost | ... | The Vicar | |
| Elspet Gray | ... | Mrs. Dresland | |
| Lynsey Baxter | ... | Barbara | |
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Jean Boht | ... | Mrs. Taswell |
| Lorna Heilbron | ... | Flick | |
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Ljuba Castot | ... | Child in Water |
| Helen Cherry | ... | Lady Alice | |
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Mogens Dalsgaard | ... | Concert Pianist |
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Su Elliot | ... | Nurse |
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June Ellis | ... | Lady at Auction |
| Patrick Godfrey | ... | Coroner | |
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Ebbe Langberg | ... | Per Simonsen |
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Preston Lockwood | ... | Man at Sothebys |
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A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they are married, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and he must find the best way to deal with them without destroying their relationship. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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29 September 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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"The Girl in a Swing" is nicely filmed in worldwide locales, but the director plays too much with the limits of the audience's patience. Yes, the transition from conventional romance to psychological-supernatural thriller has to be done methodically, but the pacing of this film is TORTUROUSLY slow. The plot only starts picking up after about 80 minutes. And although the main reason for the heroine's "unstable" behavior IS finally revealed (in fact, you may have already guessed it by then), other details (for example, the man's hallucinations) remain unresolved. Both leads are well-cast....but oh, that Meg Tilly's obnoxious, overdone German accent! (**)