Winter Light
Feb 11 1963
•1h 20m
•Drama
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Cast
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Ingrid Thulin
Märta Lundberg
Gunnar Björnstrand
Tomas Ericsson
Gunnel Lindblom
Karin Persson
Max von Sydow
Jonas Persson
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