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The Girl from Backafall
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Wikipedia article
'The Girl from Backafall' (Swedish: 'Flickan frn Backafall') is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bgler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jnsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne kermark.
Cast
* Viola Sundberg as Ellen
* Sven Lindberg as Per
* Kenne Fant as Nils
* Edvard Persson as Silla-Sven
* Holger Lwenadler as August Larsson
* Mrta Dorff as Mrs. Larsson
* Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Captain Backe
* Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Backe
* Olof Winnerstrand as Vicar
* Aurore Palmgren as Botilla
* Olav Rigo as Dcker
* Rene Bjrling as Mrs. Dcker
* Charles Gregmar as Robert Dcker
* Jan Molander as Hellberg
* Verner Edberg as Adolf
* Gsta Gustafson as Matts Shoemaker
* Lars Egge as Fredrik kerberg
* Anders Andelius as Sailor at 'Tre brder'
* Margit Andelius as Mrs. Svensson
* Per Appelberg as Boy at shooting range
* Astrid Bodin as Dcker's cook
* Helga Brofeldt as Gossip
* Thure Carlman as Fisherman
* Harald Emanuelsson as Lasse, postman
* Kurt Friborn as Guest at Robert's party
* Leif Hedenberg as Boy at the dance
* John Larsson as Dcker's driver
* Monica Lindman
* Sven Magnusson as Fisherman
* Gull Natorp as Vicar's wife
* Carin Norberg as Vera, Ellen's friend
* Mim Persson as Guest at the coffee party
* Bellan Roos as Dcker's housewife
* Hkan Rylander as Woker
* Bengt Sundmark as Boy at the dance
* Gaby Svallner as Guest at Robert's party
* Carin Swensson as Farmer's wife
* Olle Teimert as Boy at shooting range
* Rudolf Wendbladh as Schultze, German captain
* Annalisa Wenstrm as Waitress
* Berit rtengren as Girl at shooting range
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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