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1939
“For many of us, the war meant the beginning of freedom.”
49%
Movie
3h 13m
AI Analysis
1939 (1989) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of 1939 (1989) — a movie tagged as Drama and War with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderf… Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~193 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate 1939 49% (17 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1989-12-23
- Runtime
- 3h 13m
- TMDB rating
- 4.9
- TMDB ID
- 170442
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Is there an official trailer for 1939?
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What is 1939 about?
When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Ann... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for 1939?
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How long is the movie 1939?
The official runtime for 1939 is approximately 193 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Helene Egelund
Annika

Helena Bergström
Berit

Per Morberg
Bengt Hall

Ingvar Hirdwall
Annika's father

Anita Ekström
Annika's mother

Per Oscarsson
Isak
- P
Per Grytt
Annika's brother

Johan Ulveson
Harald Persson

Stefan Larsson
Hans Zetterberg

Keve Hjelm
Alfred Hall

Anita Wall
Cecilia Hall

Willie Andréason
Gustaf Persson

Krister Henriksson
Rickard Zetterberg

Peter Haber
Polisassistent Wirén
- G
Gunilla Larsson
Eliz Zetterberg
- G
Gino Samil
Länsman

Jacob Nordenson

Tomas von Brömssen
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