Near and Far Away

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Near and Far Away

1976

1h 44m

7.0(2 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her to realize that it is a fluid boundary between being healthy and being regarded as sick.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Lilga Kovanko

Mania Becker

Robert Farrant

Arild

Annicka Kronberg

Annicka

Helge Skoog

Doctor Jan D. Jaeger

Jan-Erik Lindqvist

Doctor Erik Stenius

Bodil Mårtensson

Bente Miller

Bengt C.W. Carlsson

The scanian

Tom Deutgen

Ohlsson

Jan Nielsen

Lasse

Mimi Pollak

Fortune teller

Creative team

Directed by: Marianne Ahrne
Written by: Marianne Ahrne
Bertrand Hurault
Produced by: Peter Kropénin
Jörn Donner

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