A rich young man falls for a beautiful girl and meets with trouble. An adaptation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Das fremde Mädchen.
Social & External
The people behind it
Grete Wiesenthal
Gösta Ekman
Ragnhild Ovenberg Lyche
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Stina Berg
John Ekman
Georg Grönroos
William Larsson
Nils Elffors
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The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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