Brink of Life

Original title: Nära livet

Duration: 85 min

Release date: 1958-03-31

IMDB

Three women in a maternity ward share their lives and intimate thoughts, and face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.

Drama

Nära livet

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Criterion Channel

Cultpix

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as Stina Andersson

as Cecilia Ellius

as Hjördis Pettersson

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Erland Josephson

Erland Josephson

as Anders Ellius

as Harry Andersson

Gunnar Sjöberg

as Dr. Nordlander

Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz

Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz

as Counsellor Gran

as Greta Ellius

Kristina Adolphson

Kristina Adolphson

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Injured Child's Father (uncredited)

as Hjördis' Friend (uncredited)

as Maud (uncredited)

as Mother (uncredited)

as Night Nurse (uncredited)

as Mari (uncredited)

Margaretha Krook

Margaretha Krook

as Dr. Larsson (uncredited)

as Dr. Thylenius (uncredited)

as Doctor (uncredited)

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Director of Photography

Bertha Sånnell

Carl-Olov Skeppstedt

Carl-Olov Skeppstedt

Bibi Lindström

Production Design

Lennart Svensson

Lennart Svensson

Gösta Hammarbäck

Gösta Hammarbäck

Production Manager

Assistant Director

Hilding Gahnström

Hilding Gahnström

Property Master

Assistant Camera

Location Manager

Script Supervisor

Medical Consultant

Gösta Hammarbäck

Gösta Hammarbäck

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