Details

Release year: 1975

Storyline

A man arrives in a Swedish port city to work as a waiter at the Hotel Busarewski. The man befriends two co-workers: the talkative Gustav "The Count" Svensson and the beautiful waitress Anna. Anna says that she is only there working temporarily, just like the man himself, and that she will soon move on to work at a seaside hotel. The Count, who is skilled in making others do what he wants, reveals to the man a plan he has that would bring them both lots of money and convinces him to assist in a poorly planned and failed attempt to free a friend of The Count who is in jail.

Top credits

Directors

Roy Andersson

Writers

Roy Andersson

Cast

Thommy Berggren — Giliap
Mona Seilitz — Anna
Willie Andréason — Gustav Svensson, "Greven"
Lars-Levi Læstadius — Kreip

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Did you know

• The film was razed to the ground by most Swedish critics when released in 1975, and Roy Andersson would not be doing another full-length movie for twenty-five years. Over time though, it has become a cult film and easier to appreciate.

• When Ingmar Bergman saw the film he told director Roy Andersson to stop making movies. Andersson did not make another feature film for 25 years.

• Ewa Aulin auditioned, on the director's request, for a part in this film. However, she turned it down and still hasn't made a movie since 1973.