A portrait of Swedish crime writer Stieg Trenter (1914 - 1967), born Stig Johansson, he started out by using the name Stieg Trenter as pseudonym but soon changed his name to this in real life as well. His first novel was "Ingen kan hejda döden" ("No One Can Stop Death"), published in 1943.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Stieg TrenterSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| OOlof HoffstenSelf/Translator | Self/Translator |
| BBertil WiderbergSelf/Editor | Self/Editor |
 Lars ForssellSelf | Self |
 Ulla TrenterSelf/Writer/Wife | Self/Writer/Wife |
| ÅÅke RunnquistSelf/Publisher | Self/Publisher |
| KK.W. GullersSelf/Photographer | Self/Photographer |
 Nils LiedholmSelf | Self |
 Kurt HamrinSelf | Self |
| JJuliano BrunacciSelf/Bar Owner | Self/Bar Owner |
| EElena BardelliniSelf/Hotel Owner Levanto | Self/Hotel Owner Levanto |
| GGilda BertolottiSelf/Maid at Trenter's home | Self/Maid at Trenter's home |
| UUlf ThorénReporter | Reporter |
| PP.G. PetersonReporter | Reporter |
 Torsten WahlundReader | Reader |