A Walk in the Sun () is a 1978 Swedish drama film directed by Hans Dahlberg and starring Gösta Ekman, Inger Lise Rypdal and Margaretha Krook. At the 15th Guldbagge Awards, Sif Ruud won the award for Best Actress. The film was based on a 1976 novel by Stig Claesson.
Premise
An unsettled Swedish sports writer tries to escape from his relationship problems and the Swedish winter by taking a package holiday to Cyprus in the Mediterranean.
Cast
Gösta Ekman as Tore
Inger Lise Rypdal as Marion
Margaretha Krook as Ellen
Sif Ruud as Siv
Margareta Byström as Ulla
Irma Christenson as Vera
Kjerstin Dellert as Lady from Sala
Mihalis Giannatos as waiter
Kenneth Haigh as George
Ragnar Pelka Hansson as Swede
Dimitris Ioakeimidis as taxi driver
Kostas Kastanas as doctor
Nikos Kouros as optician
Staffan Liljander as Erik
Kimon Mouzenidis as hairdresser
Konstantina Savvidi as grape woman
Grigorios Siskos as police sergeant
Production
The film was the first to be directed by Hans Dahlberg himself.
The film was shot between 13 April and 31 May 1978 in Stockholm Arlanda Airport and in the seaside resort of Loutraki, near Corinth in Greece.
The world premiere occurred at the theatre in Stockholm on 25 December 1978, the age limit being 11.