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Poor Little Sven
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Wikipedia article
'Poor Little Sven' (Swedish: 'Stackars lilla Sven') is a 1947 Swedish comedy film directed by Hugo Bolander and starring Nils Poppe, Annalisa Ericson and Hjrdis Petterson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.126 The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne kermark. It was inspired by the plot of the 1928 British musical 'Mr. Cinders', which Poppe and Ericson had appeared together in on stage.
Synopsis
Sven, an orphan, is taken care of by the generous Anton Carlsson. However when Carlson marries a baroness he becomes the stepfather of her two mean-spirited sons who make Sven's life increasingly difficult. Due to a mistake the daughter of a wealthy man is mistaken for a housemaid and she and Sven fall in love.
Cast
* Nils Poppe as Sven Carlsson
* Annalisa Ericson as Marianne Wennerberg
* Hjrdis Petterson as Baroness Agata von Strhle
* Douglas Hge as Anton Carlsson
* ke Engfeldt as Clas-Gran von Strhle
* Hilding Gavle as Wennerberg
* Marianne Gyllenhammar as Anna-Lisa Wennerberg
* ke Jensen as Christer von Strhle
* Elisaveta as Donna Lucia
* Carl-Gunnar Wingrd as Policeman
* Julia Csar as Tilda, cook
* Helge Mauritz as Bengtsson
* Artur Roln as Farmer
* Arne Lindblad as Policeman
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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