Marknadsafton

Marknadsafton

1989 · 95 min · Comedy

Magni is a farmer who is planning to marry Teresia who comes from a rich family. When his maid Lovisa finds out she gets furious, she has been working for him without pay for 12 years because of vague allusions to marriage, now she wants her pay! She calculates that her back pay is the same as the fortune Teresia would be bringing to the marriage.

Directed by Jan-Olof Strandberg · Written by Vilhelm Moberg

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