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When Love Came to the Village
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Wikipedia article
'When Love Came to the Village' (Swedish: 'Nr krleken kom till byn') is a 1950 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Sven Lindberg, Ruth Kasdan and Edvin Adolphson. Qvist & Von Bagh p.147 It was made at the Centrumateljerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in Gamleby and Vstervik. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It is noted for its more traditional depiction of romantic scenes compared to Mattsson's 'One Summer of Happiness' the following year which featured nudity.Bjrklund & Larsson p.22
Synopsis
A substitute teacher arrives in a rural area of Sweden to take over the duties of the regular schoolmaster while he is in hospital. His new methods of teaching doesn't impress the locals and he begins a brief affair with the schoolmaster's wife with whom he is staying.
Cast
* Sven Lindberg as Birger Broman
* Ruth Kasdan as Karin
* Edvin Adolphson as J. O. Bengtsson
* Sigge Frst as Martin
* Irma Christenson as Ella
* Ingrid Thulin as Agneta
* Stig Jrrel as Teacher Axel Brunell
* Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Sigrid Bengtsson
* ke Fridell as Johan
* Ann Bornholm as Anna-Stina, student
* Artur Roln as Johansson
* Rut Holm as Mrs. Filipson
* Axel Hgel as Vicar
* Sven Magnusson as Blberg
* Olav Rigo as Johansson
* Georg Skarstedt as Parish Clerk
* Ingemar Holde as Johan
* Wiktor Andersson as Man in poor-house
* Bengt Lindstrm as Helge
* yvind Serrander as Anders
* Julia Csar as Agneta's host
* Emmy Albiin as Old Lady
* Sonja Roln as Old Lady
References
Bibliography
* Bjrklund, Elisabet & Larsson, Mariah. 'Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays'. McFarland, 2016.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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