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Skerry Fairy-Tale

Skerry Fairy-Tale

1994 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, Drama

The year is 1891. The director of MoDo, Frans Kempe, is about to build the largest and most modern sawmill in Europe and a complete ideal society after his own mind. The place he chooses is Norrbyskär, some skerries in the Baltic Sea outside the cost of Västerbotten in northern Sweden. The experimental society with it's 1500 inhabitants and the large sawmill will live for almost 60 years.

Directed by Runar Enberg · Written by Runar Enberg

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