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The Wife

7.120171h 40mRMovieDrama

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

DirectorBjörn Runge
WriterJane Anderson
ProducersTim Haslam·Hugo Grumbar

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Cast · Directed by Björn Runge

GCGlenn Close
Glenn Close
Joan Castleman
JPJonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
Joe Castleman
CSChristian Slater
Christian Slater
Nathaniel Bone
MIMax Irons
Max Irons
David Castleman
HLHarry Lloyd
Harry Lloyd
Young Joe
ASAnnie Starke
Annie Starke
Young Joan
EMElizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern
Elaine Mozell
JWJohan Widerberg
Johan Widerberg
Walter Bark
KKKarin Franz Körlof
Karin Franz Körlof
Linnea
RCRichard Cordery
Richard Cordery
Hal Bowman
JMJan Mybrand
Jan Mybrand
Arvid Engdahl
AAAnna Azcárate
Anna Azcárate
Mrs Lindelöf

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