The Bread of Love (1953)
Four Swedish volunteer soldiers are trapped in Russia. In front of them lies the front with enemy outposts and patrols, behind them the enemy minefields. Hope to return to their own lines decreases each day. Corpses of fallen, "dead of cold and hard as iron", forms the macabre landmarks in the winter landscape. Nearby is a burnt Russian village.
Director: Arne Mattsson
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Folke Sundquist as Prisoner |
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Sissi Kaiser as Lunnaja |
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Georg Rydeberg as Ledin |
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Nils Hallberg as Tom |
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Erik Hell as Bouncer |
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Lennart Lindberg as Narrator |
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Yngve Nordwall as Vicar |
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Dagny Lind as Bouncer's Mother |
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Jan Boleslaw as Soviet machine gunner |
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Mary Sandberg as Soviet machine gunner's assistant |
| Writing | Volodja Semitjov | Writer |
| Writing | Peder Sjögren | Novel |
| Directing | Arne Mattsson | Director |
| Sound | Olle Nyqvist | Sound |
| Sound | Bengt Runsten | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erik Whiten | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Per Borgbäck | Sound |
| Sound | Olle Bohlin | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bertha Sånnell | Costume Design |
| Camera | Sven Thermænius | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ingrid Wallin | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Lennart Wallén | Editor |
| Sound | Sven Sköld | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jan Boleslaw | Art Direction |