Sixten

Sep 16, 1994

1h 18m

★ 6.0

Overview

13 year old Sixten really wants his father to meet someone he can marry. Without telling his father, he and his friends write an ad for the personal sections.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

SF Studios

Svenska Filminstitutet

Sixten Trailers

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Cast

Sixten

Peter Viitanen

Sixten's Dad

Hans Henriksson

Jonte

Jonas Magnusson

Emma

Marie Thulin

Dancing Feet

Ing-Marie Carlsson

Bobbo

Kalle Stridbeck

Arne

Erik Lagerström

Mikael Burfors

Magnus Johansson

En äldre kille

Georg Ahl

Fröken

Anna-Lena Brundin

Blind Sven

Magnus Nilsson

Tvättmaskinreparatören

Niklas Hald

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