Twelfth Night

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Cast

Bibi Andersson

as Viola

Ove Tjernberg

as Orsino

Catrin Westerlund

as Olivia

Gösta Ekman

as Sebastian

Toivo Pawlo

as Malvolio

Ulla Sjöblom

as Maria

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt

as Tobias Raap

Per Oscarsson

as Andreas Blek af Nosen

Bertil Norström

as Fabio

Jens Østerholm

as en narr

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