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Wikipedia article
'Rail Workers' (Swedish: 'Rallare') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjstrm, John Elfstrm and Gunnel Brostrm.Qvist & Von Bagh p.134 McIlroy p.71 It was shot at the Rsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel 'Nordanvind' by Olle Lnsberg.
Synopsis
In 1902 a team of navvies work on the construction of a new railway line from Lule on the Gulf of Bothnia in Northern Sweden to Narvik on the Norwegian Sea, then under Swedish sovereignty. Valfrid, from Southern Sweden, is ostracised by the other workers and their informal leader Stora Ballong.
Cast
* Victor Sjstrm as Stora Ballong
* John Elfstrm as Valfrid Andersson
* Gunnel Brostrm as Viktoria
* ke Grnberg as Calle-Ville
* Inga Landgr as Hildur
* Sven Magnusson as Dynamiten
* Ingrid Borthen as Svarta Bjrn
* Bengt Eklund as Amos Forslund
* Svea Holst as Stina
* Axel Hgel as Baptist-Anders
* Birger sander as Filip Bred
* Henake Schubak as Sikkavaara Frans
* Gsta Holmstrm as Brk-Olle
* Sven Bergvall as Blom
* Kolbjrn Knudsen as Holmberg
* Einar Sderbck as Sder
* Carl Deurell as King Oscar II
* Arthur Fischer as Langar-Oskar
* Martin Ljung as The King's adjutant
* Artur Roln as Artilleri-Emil
* Keve Hjelm as Natan
* Ivar Wahlgren as Railroad watchman
* Tor Borong as Railroad worker
References
Bibliography
* McIlroy, Brian. 'World Cinema: Sweden'. Flicks Books, 1986.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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