The Devil's Instrument

Sep 23, 1965

0h 16m

★ 7.0

Overview

A jazz bassist who surveys a beautiful girl at a gig decides to try to get her home. But the devil is getting into the game too.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

SF Studios

The Devil's Instrument Trailers

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Cast

The girl

Ewa Aulin

the bass player

Kurt Lindgren

narrator

Allan Edwall

the drummer

Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson

the sax player

Christer Boustedt

the trumpet player

Bengt Ernryd

the piano player

Lasse Werner

The father

Gunnar Fischer

the mother

Gull Fischer

Staffan Dalin

Folke Rabe

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