Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
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Bibi Andersson
Viola
Ove Tjernberg
Orsino
Catrin Westerlund
Olivia
Gösta Ekman
Sebastian
Toivo Pawlo
Malvolio
Ulla Sjöblom
Maria
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
Tobias Raap
Per Oscarsson
Andreas Blek af Nosen
Bertil Norström
Fabio
Jens Østerholm
en narr
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