The Tattooed Widow is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 TV movie from 1998, written and directed by Lars Molin.

The film is centered around the 60 plus woman Ester, played by Mona Malm

Mona Malm

Mona Malm is a Swedish actress. She began her career with the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theater in 1957.-Selected filmography:* Smiles of a Summer Night * The Seventh Seal...

. Ester is living in a somewhat failed marriage where she is expected to take care of the household and be a good grandmother. But when a female relative, aunt Agnes, passes away, everything changes. Agnes' death gives Ester new possibilities and becomes an impulse for her to live her dreams.

In 1999 The Tattooed Widow was awarded an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 for best international TV movie.

Cast

• Mona Malm
  Mona Malm
  Mona Malm is a Swedish actress. She began her career with the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theater in 1957.-Selected filmography:* Smiles of a Summer Night * The Seventh Seal...
  
   – Ester Hershagen
• Sven Wollter
  Sven Wollter
  Sven Wollter is a Swedish actor. He was born and grew up in Gothenburg.Sven Wollter is an actor in Sweden and has starred in many films such as, The Man on the Roof, The Man from Majorca, Änglagård and Jerusalem, based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf...
  
   – Erik Sandström
• Ingvar Hirdwall
  Ingvar Hirdwall
  Lars Ingvar Hirdwall , is a Swedish actor. He was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater...
  
   – Egon Andersson
• Jan Malmsjö
  Jan Malmsjö
  Jan Wilhelm Malmsjö is a Swedish stage and actor, musical star and singer. He is married to Marie Göranzon and father to Jonas Malmsjö.-Biography:...
  
   – Leon Mark
• Gösta Bredefeldt
  Gösta Bredefeldt
  Gösta Bredefeldt was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 61 films and television shows between 1961 and 2009. He starred in the 1974 film A Handful of Love, which was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* A Handful of Love * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
  
   – Allan Hershagen
• Pia Johansson
  Pia Johansson
  Pia Johansson born Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson on November 16, 1960 in Umeå, is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator.Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Stockholm Theatre school in 1989. After studying she was employed at Stockholm City Theatre's...
  
   – Anette Hershagen
• Per Graffman – Jörgen Ramberg
• Maria Kulle – Lillemor Hershagen
• Göran Forsmark
  Göran Forsmark
  Rolf Göran Forsmark is a Swedish actor.Forsmark studied at NAMA in Malmö 1976–79 and works with films and theatre...
  
   – Joakim Hershagen
• Erland Josephson
  Erland Josephson
  Erland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:...
  
   – Per Gunnarsson
• Niklas Falk
  Niklas Falk
  Niklas Daniel Falk is a Swedish actor. He is brother to the actor Jonas Falk.Falk is educated at NAMA in Gothenburg. He worked at Gothenburg City Theatre until 1988. 1990 he moved to Stockholm and Stockholm City Theatre...
  
  – Cederberg