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Life Begins Today
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Wikipedia article
'Life Begins Today' (Swedish: 'I dag brjar livet') is a 1939 Swedish drama film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sture Lagerwall, Sonja Wigert and Nils Ohlin.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 It was shot at the Centrumateljerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It is based on the 1933 play 'Ptrus' by the French writer Marcel Achard.
Synopsis
Wera Holm, a ballerina, waits outside an apartment block with a pistol waiting for the womanising choreographer who has now dropped her for one of the other dancers. She takes two shots at him, misses, and then dives into a nearby apartment of the artist Petrus Sommar. When the choreographer turns up dead, it appears there is someone else who has reason to kill him.
Cast
* Sture Lagerwall as Petrus Sommar, mlare
* Sonja Wigert as Wera Holm, danss
* Nils Ohlin as Brje Fredin, balettmstare
* Margareta Bergfeldt as Karin, Petrus syster
* Dagmar Ebbesen as Moster Johanna
* Axel Hgel as Morbror Karl
* Barbro Kollberg as Nelly, balettflicka
* Ziri-Gun Eriksson as Margot, balettflicka
* Ingrid Borthen as Dittan, balettflicka
* Nils Johannisson as Stlhagen, detektiv
* Ivar Kge as Kriminalchefen
* Olga Appellf as Polissystern
* Naemi Briese as Modell
* Ernst Brunman as Polisen vid skrivmaskinen
* Erland Colliander as Bartendern
* Greta Ericson as Lola
* Hartwig Fock as Poliskonstapel sterberg
* Lillebil Kjelln as Balettdanss
* Eivor Landstrm as Kvinnan som sker modelljobb
* Arne Lindblad as Pianisten
* Gerd Mrtensson as Balettdanss
* John Norrman as Polis
* Hanny Schedin as Servitris
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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