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After young film writer Leo has his latest screenplay rejected he retreats to his summer home on an island, on his way he meets the flight attendant Virgo and a romance soon blossoms.
Top billed cast
Sven-Bertil TaubeLars-Erik ''Leo'' Olsson
Agneta EckemyrVirgo
Michel DuchaussoyPhilippe
Sven LindbergNato- Per EdströmJohan
- Karl-Erik WelinJan-Arthur
Peter LindgrenBlomberg
Marcelline CollardPhilippes sekreterare
Tor IsedalVetsera- Bibi LindqvistNatos syster
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