Dog Days

Dog Days

1970 · 100 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy, Drama

Somewhere in the archipelago outside Sandhamn lives the barber Assar Gustafsson and his 17-year old daughter Anna-Bella. Out of the blue his wife comes back after five years of absence. She starts up a brothel in their bath house with Anna-Bella as the main attraction, a brothel that attracts various men from all over. The browbeaten Assar starts to make arrangements for his wife's permanent absence.

Directed by Jan Halldoff · Written by Bengt Forslund

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Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Assar Gustafsson
Ulla Sjöblom Sally Gustafsson
Christina Lindberg Anna Bella Gustafsson
Ernst Günther Jansson
Eddie Axberg Jan
Jan Blomberg Photographer
Carl-Axel Elfving The Priest
Ulf Palme Rickard
Frej Lindqvist Finn
Bo Halldoff Ivar Frid
Christer 'Bonzo' Jonsson Sailor
Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist Captain

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