The Touch

A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentration camp, consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.

Cast

Elliott Gould

as David Kovac

Bibi Andersson

as Karin Vergerus

Max von Sydow

as Andreas Vergerus

Sheila Reid

as Sara Kovac

Margaretha Byström

as Secretary to Andreas Vergerus

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

as Hospital Matron

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

as Karin's Mother

Åke Lindström

as Dr. Holm

Aino Taube

Mimmo Wåhlander

as Nurse

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