The Women on the Roof is a 1989 Swedish film

Cinema of Sweden

Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...

 written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms

Amanda Ooms

Amanda Ooms is a Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar, Sweden.-Partial filmography:*1986 – Bröderna Mozart*1988 – Hotel St...

 and Helena Bergström

Helena Bergström

Helena Bergström is a Swedish actress.The granddaughter of legendary Swedish actor Olof Widgren and the daughter of Hans Bergström and Kerstin Widgren . Bergström is married to Colin Nutley and is known for playing the female lead in many of his films...

. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival

1989 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...

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Plot

An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in Stockholm just before WWI. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer (Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna’s circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea’s routine.

Cast

• Amanda Ooms
  Amanda Ooms
  Amanda Ooms is a Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar, Sweden.-Partial filmography:*1986 – Bröderna Mozart*1988 – Hotel St...
  
   - Linnea
• Helena Bergström
  Helena Bergström
  Helena Bergström is a Swedish actress.The granddaughter of legendary Swedish actor Olof Widgren and the daughter of Hans Bergström and Kerstin Widgren . Bergström is married to Colin Nutley and is known for playing the female lead in many of his films...
  
   - Anna
• Stellan Skarsgård
  Stellan Skarsgård
  Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
  
   - Willy
• Percy Brandt
  Percy Brandt
  Percy Brandt was a Swedish film and television actor.Brandt was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. His father, Erik Brandt, a Swede of German and Dutch ancestry, and his mother, Aminah Hussain, was Pakistani....
  
   - Fischer
• Lars Ori Bäckström - Holger
• Katarina Olsson - Gerda
• Leif Andrée
  Leif Andrée
  Leif Allan Andrée is a Swedish actor.Andrée has been engaged at Teater Galeasen, Riksteatern, Chinateatern, Stockholm City Theatre and Unga Riks.-Films:*Kvinnorna på taket...
  
   - Oskar
• Stig Ossian Ericson - Vicar
• Johan Bergenstråhle
  Johan Bergenstråhle (director)
  Johan Bergenstråhle was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1965 and 1994. His 1969 film Made in Sweden was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear award.-Selected filmography:* Made in Sweden * A Baltic Tragedy...
  
  - Photographer Halling