Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who have committed 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.
Direction
Tage Danielsson directs himself into absurdist perfection.
Writing
Satire so gentle it almost feels like agreement.
Director
Tage Danielsson
Lena Nyman
Frida
Tage Danielsson
Frida's friend
Georg Årlin
Judge
Margaretha Krook
Judge's daughter
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Harald
Jan Malmsjö
'Professorn'
Gösta Ekman
Frans - Prison director
Hans Alfredson
Erlandsson
Per-Axel Arosenius
Police officer
Helena Brodin
Frida's friend's mother
Vera Schmiterlöw
Henric Holmberg
prisoner
Rolf Sohlman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peak 1970s Swedish social democracy satire: even crime gets rehabilitated with housing and friendship.
Lena Nyman was already controversial for 'I Am Curious (Yellow)'; this was her pivot to wholesome chaos.
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