The People of Hemsö
Directed bySigurd Wallén
Written byEinar Malm
Sigurd Wallén
Based onThe People of Hemsö by August Strindberg
StarringAdolf Jahr
Dagmar Ebbesen
Emil Fjellström
CinematographyHarald Berglund
Edited byEmil A. Lingheim
Music byErik Baumann
Production
company
Distributed byEuropa Film
Release date
13 March 1944
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The People of Hemsö (Swedish: Hemsöborna) is a 1944 Swedish historical drama film directed by Sigurd Wallén and starring Adolf Jahr, Dagmar Ebbesen and Emil Fjellström.[1] It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm and on location on Vindö. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder. It was based on the 1887 novel The People of Hemsö by August Strindberg. It was subsequently remade as a 1955 film of the same title.

Cast

  • Adolf Jahr as Carlsson
  • Dagmar Ebbesen as Madam Flod
  • Peter Höglund as Gusten
  • Sigurd Wallén as Rundqvist
  • Emil Fjellström as Nordström
  • Nils Hallberg as Norman
  • Alice Skoglund as Clara
  • Ann-Margret Bergendahl as Lotten
  • Elsa Ebbesen as Mrs. Nordström
  • Hugo Björne as Professor
  • Anna-Greta Krigström as Ida
  • Birgit Johannesson as Lina
  • Siegfried Fischer as Rapp
  • Nils Hultgren as Fiddle Player
  • Knut Frankman as Islander
  • Gerda Björne as Professor's Wife
  • Gun Persson as Professor's Daughter
  • Millan Fjellström as Woman at wedding
  • Torsten Hillberg as Doctor
  • Albert Johansson as Guest at wedding
  • Annalisa Wenström as Girl

References

  1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.151

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.


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