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House Slaves (1923 film)
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Wikipedia article
'House Slaves' (Swedish: 'Hemslavinnor') is a 1923 Swedish silent comedy film directed by Ragnar Widestedt and starring Dagmar Ebbesen, Agda Helin and Karin Swanstrm.Qvist & Von Bagh p.142 It was based on a 1920 Danish play which first appeared in Sweden in 1921. It was shot at studios in Kungsholmen in Stockholm with location shooting at Rnnesltt.
The plot revolves around Grethe young woman who heads to Stockholm to find work as a domestic servant. Ebbesen reprised the role of Kristina in the 1933 remake 'House Slaves' as well as the 1942 film 'We House Slaves' as well as over five hundred times on stage.Freiburg p.106
Cast
* Dagmar Ebbesen as Kristina Mikkelsen
* Agda Helin as Grethe
* Elvin Ottoson as Palle Rasmussen
* Karin Swanstrm as Mathilde Rasmussen
* Erik Hoffman as Josef
* Olav Rigo as Sophus Srensen
* Lia Nore as Anna Srensen
* Fritz Strandberg as Tobias Klementsen
* Josua Bengtson as Carpenter
* Tyra Drum as Carpenter's Wife
* Elsa Ebbesen as Job seeking girl
* Hartwig Fock as Vacuum cleaner salesman
* Karl Hellgren as Einar - Grethe's fianc
* Torsten Lennartsson as Customer at employment office
* Emma Meissner as Fru Stjernholm
* August Tollquist as Anselm - Kristiana's brother
References
Bibliography
* Freiburg, Jeanne Ellen. 'Regulatory Bodies: Gendered Visions of the State in German and Swedish Cinema'. University of Minnesota, 1994.
* Qvist, Per Olov & Von Bagh, Peter . 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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