Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (Swedish: Ägget är löst!, alternative title The Softening of the Egg) is a 1975 Swedish black comedy film directed by Hans Alfredson, starring Gösta Ekman, Max von Sydow and Birgitta Andersson.^[1] Alfredson won the award for Best Director at the 11th Guldbagge Awards.^[1]

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
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Directed by	Hans Alfredson
Written by	Hans Alfredson
Starring	Gösta Ekman
Cinematography	Lars Swanberg
Release date	17 March 1975 (1975-03-17)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Plot

Cast

• Gösta Ekman as The Son
• Max von Sydow as The Father
• Birgitta Andersson as The Mother
• Anna Godenius as Girl
• Hans Alfredson as Tramp
• Börje Ahlstedt as Man in Commercial
• Ingvar Petrow (as Ingvar Petrov)
• Jim Hughes as American
• Stig Ossian Ericson as Worker
• Jan Wirén as Worker
• Meg Westergren as Woman in Commercial
• Ola Thulin as Doctor