Raven's End
- Original title
- Kvarteret Korpen
- Year
- 1963
- Running time
- 101 min.
- Country
- Sweden
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Thommy Berggren
- Emy Storm
- Keve Hjelm
- Christina Frambäck
- Ingvar Hirdwall
- Agneta Prytz
- Fritiof Nilsson Piraten
- Nina Widerberg
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- Music
- Cinematography
Jan Lindeström (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1930s
- Synopsis
- In the mid 30s, Anders is dreaming about becoming a writer. His friend Sixten is dreaming about becoming a football player so he can go to Paris and meet prostitutes in fur. Anders' ambitions are supported by his girlfriend Elsie and his parents. His mother supports the family by doing laundry, while his father is unemployed and has a problem with alcohol and gambling. Anders sends a script for a book he has written about the block they live in to a publisher in Stockholm. He is asked to come to Stockholm and discuss the book, which makes his father excited. But the publisher doesn't want to publish the book, and when Anders returns they all become very disappointed. Elsie becomes pregnant with Anders' child. Anders seeks advice from his father, but the father is drunk and they end up fighting. The father blames his wife for all the misery they are suffering from, meaning it's all because he was humiliated by affair she once had. The mother blames the father, meaning it was his violent behaviour that caused her infidelity. Anders decides to leave his family, his pregnant girlfriend and all misery behind. He joins Sixten and they both travel to Stockholm.
- Awards
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1964: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture1964: Guldbagge Awards (Sweden): Best Actor (Keve Hjelm)1964: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or/Golden Palm (Best Film)
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