Games of Love and Loneliness

{{short description|1977 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Games of Love and Loneliness

| image =File:Games of Love and Loneliness.jpg

| caption =

| director = Anja Breien

| writer = Per Blom
Bengt Forslund
Anja Breien

| producer = Bengt Forslund

| starring = Lil Terselius

| cinematography = Erling Thurmann-Andersen

| editing =

| music =

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| released = {{film date|1977|8|29|df=yes}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| budget =

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Games of Love and Loneliness ({{langx|sv|Den allvarsamma leken}}) is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Anja Breien. Lil Terselius won the award for Best Actress at the 14th Guldbagge Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?itemid=5002&type=MOVIE&iv=Awards |title=Den allvarsamma leken (1977) |access-date=8 March 2014 |work=The Swedish Film Database}} It is based on the 1912 novel The Serious Game by Hjalmar Söderberg.