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Seventh Heaven (1956 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Seventh Heaven' (Swedish: 'Sjunde himlen') is a 1956 Swedish comedy film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Ekman and Gunnar Bjrnstrand. Qvist & Von Bagh p.70 Nordic National Cinemas p.187 It was shot at the Rsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It was followed by a sequel 'Heaven and Pancake' in 1959.
Plot summary
Willy Lorens is a successful radio idol with the hit series "Seventh Heaven". But the amount of fan mail and attention eventually becomes too much for Lorens, who suffers a minor collapse. He is taken to hospital where he meets Dr. Lovisa Sundelius, virtually the only woman in Sweden who does not admire the radio idol. In fact she despises him.
Since the program still has to air, according to the radio company, Lorens gets a vitamin injection and get to broadcast the program from his hospital bed. Dr. Sundelius checks upon her patient, and to help him she improvise a part in the show, but does it too wild. The next day, the newspapers headlines write about the embarrassing blunder.
To get away from it all, Wily Lorens buys a bus ticket to a trip through Europe with Italy as the destination, but it just so happens that Lovisa Sundelius also has a ticket to that same bus ride. Along for the ride is also Lovisa Sundelius incredibly dull fianc...
Cast
*Sickan Carlsson as Lovisa Sundelius, doctor
*Hasse Ekman as Willy "Etershejken" Lorens, radio show host
*Gunnar Bjrnstrand as squadron-leader Ernst C:son Kruuse, Lovisas fianc
*Stig Jrrel as Sture Turesson, radio producer
*Sigge Frst as radio writer
*Inga Gill as Miss Jonasson, singer
*Torsten Winge as Torsten Tidstrm, watchmaker
*Gunnar Sjberg as father Bernhard Svanstrm, priest
*Bellan Roos as Inez, Lovisas housekeeper
*Doreen Denning as Lisa Brattstrm, travel guide
*Solveig Svensson as Miss Jonasson, singer
*Ulla-Britt Svensson as Miss Jonasson, singer
* Alexander von Baumgarten as Nattklubbsgare
* Gunnel Wadner as Sjuksyster
* Astrid Bodin as Beundrarinna
* Helga Brofeldt as Beundrarinna
* Elsa Ebbesen as verskterskan
* Lars Egge as Svenske ambassadren
* Siv Ericks as Lovisas patient
* Mona Geijer-Falkner as Beundrarinna
* Erna Groth as Blenda frn Kujala
* Lars Kge as Liljekvist
* Stig Olin as Berttarrst
* John Melin as Ballongfrsljare
* Hanny Schedin as Fru Andersson
* Agda Helin as Beundrarinna
References
Bibliography
* Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. 'Nordic National Cinemas'. Routledge, 2005.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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