Beef and the Banana (Swedish: Biffen och Bananen) is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Rolf Husberg and starring Åke Grönberg, Åke Söderblom and Lillebil Kjellén.[1][2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in a variety of settings. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.

Beef and the Banana
Directed byRolf Husberg
Written byGösta Stevens
Based onBiffen och Bananen by Jan-Erik Garland
Produced byHelge Hagerman
StarringÅke Grönberg
Åke Söderblom
Lillebil Kjellén
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Gunnar Fischer
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byJerry Högstedt
Production
company
Fribergs Filmbyrå
Distributed byFribergs Filmbyrå
Release date
  • 12 February 1951 (1951-02-12)
Running time
95 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

It is an adaptation of the long-running comic strip of the same title by Jan-Erik Garland. It was followed by two sequels Blondie, Beef and the Banana (1952) and Klarar Bananen Biffen? (1957), with the two leading actors reprising their roles.

Synopsis

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Two men work with contrasting personalities work together in a bicycle factory. One is a meat-eater and the other a vegetation.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.39
  2. ^ Segrave & Martin p.273

Bibliography

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  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Segrave, Kerry & Martin, Linda. The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era--biographies, Criticism, Filmographies, Bibliographies. McFarland, 1990.
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