The Lunch-break Cafe

The Lunch-break Cafe

1954 · 80 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

"Lunch- Break Café" - A café in the old Klara district in Stockholm attracts an offbeat clientel. Among those who gather at the café is a prisoner on the run, a prostitute, a journalist and a student who is having an affair with the cafe's waitress. Naturalism.

Directed by Hampe Faustman · Written by Herbert Grevenius

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