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Life in the Finnish Woods
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Wikipedia article
'Life in the Finnish Woods' (Swedish: 'Livet i Finnskogarna') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Carl Jularbo, Naima Wifstrand and Barbro Ribbing.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Centrumateljerna Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Bollns in Eastern Sweden. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It takes its title from a 1913 waltz of the same title by Jularbo, whose signature tune it became.
Synopsis
It is set in 1906 when Forest Finns settlers who set up their home in the plains of Sweden over the previous centuries still face the hostility from local Swedes.
Cast
* Carl Jularbo as Self
* Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Sigrid Malm
* Barbro Ribbing as Ingeborg Malm
* Bengt Logardt as Gunnar Malm
* Kenne Fant as Heikki Purje
* Mirjami Kuosmanen as Aino
* Sigbrit Molin as Ellen Bjurselius
* John Elfstrm as Simon Bcklin
* Eric Laurent as Johan Lng
* Henning Ohlsson as Kolar-Jocke
* Torgny Anderberg as August
* Eivor Landstrm as Margit
* Nine-Christine Jnsson as Inger
* Carl Reinholdz as Mattias p Lagsta
* Nils Hultgren as Jon-Erik i Brten
* Siegfried Fischer as Nils i Fallet
* Torsten Bergstrm as County constable
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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