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Turn of the Century (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Turn of the Century' (Swedish: 'Nr seklet var ungt') is a 1944 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Olsson and starring Edvard Persson, Stina Hedberg and Marianne Gyllenhammar.Paietta p.138 It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios and on location around Viken and Lessebo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder.
Synopsis
At the beginning of the twentieth century in Scania a large-scale farmer hires in cheap immigrant labourers to work his lands, leading to unemployment amongst the locals. At the same time a new schoolteacher arrives with socialist leanings. He champions the rights of the farmhands and falls in love with the daughter of the squire.
Cast
* Edvard Persson as Squire Munthe
* Stina Hedberg as Mrs. Munthe
* Marianne Gyllenhammar as Hillevi Munthe
* Claes Thelander as Yngve Sj
* Walter Sarmell as Ferdinand
* Mim Persson as Hanna
* Fritiof Billquist as Meier
* Ivar Kge as Severin
* John Norrman as Fahlen
* Nils Nordsthl as Lns
* Erik Rosn as Vicar
* Axel Hgel as Policeman
* Bullan Weijden as Malin
* Karl Erik Flens as The Limp
* Karl Nygren-Kloster as Mats
References
Bibliography
* Paietta, Ann C. 'Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present'. McFarland, 2007.
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