The Man Who Quit Smoking
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| The Man Who Quit Smoking | |
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| Directed by | Tage Danielsson |
| Written by | Tage Danielsson |
| Starring | Gösta Ekman Grynet Molvig Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt |
| Cinematography | Lars Björne |
| Release date(s) | 1972 |
| Running time | 1 hour 39 min. |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish, French |
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The Man Who Quit Smoking (original Swedish title: Mannen som slutade röka) is a 1972 Swedish film comedy directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt and Gunn Wållgren, a.o.
The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special conditon: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a detective agency called Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.
Tage Danielsson originally came up with the idea for this movie when he himself decided to quit smoking. If he made a movie about the subject he thought it would be to embarrassing if he ever started again. Another inspiration was Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The main character is named Dante and is loved one is called Beatrice, just as in Dante's Inferno.
The film is known as "a Hasseåtage-film" and is a great cult classic in Sweden.
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