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Dear John ()

Käre John (original title)
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John is a shipmaster on a very small transportation boat which regularly attends a very small harbour to buy food, actually from Anna's father. She is a waitress and has a young daughter. She tells John that her name is Anita. They have... See more »

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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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John Berndtsson
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Anna
Helena Nilsson ...
Helena
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Yngve Lindgren
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Karin Lindgren
Morgan Anderson ...
Raymond
Synnøve Liljebæck ...
Dagny
Hans Wigren ...
Elon
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Erwin
Bo Wahlström ...
Bosse (as Bosse Wahlström)
Erland Nordenfalk ...
Kurt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stig Woxther ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lars-Magnus Lindgren

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Lars-Magnus Lindgren ... ()
 
Olle Länsberg ... (novel)

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Göran Lindgren ... producer

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Bengt-Arne Wallin

Cinematography by

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Rune Ericson

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Lennart Wallén

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Jan Boleslaw

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Gunilla Pontén

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Tina Johansson ... makeup artist

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Bo Jonsson ... production manager

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Sven Löfgren ... props

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Thomas Holéwa ... sound assistant
Olle Jacobsson ... sound mixer
Lars Lalin ... sound

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Harry Karlsson ... electrician
Pierre Rydberg ... grip
Björn Thermænius ... assistant camera

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Christer Abrahamsen ... location manager

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Marianne Johnson ... continuity clerk

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Justine Minard ... French subtitles
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Plot Summary

John is a shipmaster on a very small transportation boat which regularly attends a very small harbour to buy food, actually from Anna's father. She is a waitress and has a young daughter. She tells John that her name is Anita. They have met many times, but their first personal meeting is when both are swimming in early morning. John is asked to have morning coffee with Anna's family. He invites her and her child to a trip to Zoo in Copenhagen. Both have genuine feelings for each other. There are lovely three-some scenes when John is proud of "being" a father, and beautiful love scenes. Christina Schollin's naked body is cute but never obtrusive. But at that time girls were depreciated if they "gave in" too soon. So these scenes repeatedly alternate with hot misunderstandings, well-known exactly when two people with genuine feelings fear misunderstandings and try to preclude them. In the last minutes of the movie, when each has left the "harbour village" on the next day, and John has learned the real name of "Anita" and calls her from the boat, both realise without saying anything about it, that this is the beginning of a long relationship based on mutual feelings. Written by Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden

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Also Known As
  • Dear John (United States)
  • Dear John (United Kingdom)
  • Kære John (Denmark)
  • Drogi John (Poland)
  • Lieber John (West Germany)
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  • 111 min
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Trivia Sweden's official submission to the 38th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film category. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Short cuts från Sandrews (1999). See more »
Quotes John Berndtsson: Jävla anständiga kyskhetsluder!
[after Anna refuses John's initial sexual advances]
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