House Slaves (1923 film)

House Slaves (Swedish: Hemslavinnor) is a 1923 Swedish silent comedy film directed by Ragnar Widestedt and starring Dagmar Ebbesen, Agda Helin and Karin Swanström.[1] It was based on a 1920 Danish play which first appeared in Sweden in 1921. It was shot at studios in Kungsholmen in Stockholm with location shooting at Ränneslätt.

House Slaves
Directed byRagnar Widestedt
Written byChristian Bogø (play)
Axel Frische (play)
Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Sam Ask
Produced byStellan Claësson
Karin Swanström
StarringDagmar Ebbesen
Agda Helin
Karin Swanström
CinematographyRagnar Westfelt
Edited byRagnar Westfelt
Production
company
Bonnierfilm
Distributed bySvenska Filmkompaniet
Release date
  • 24 September 1923 (1923-09-24)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySweden
Languages

The plot revolves around Grethe, a young woman who heads to Stockholm to find work as a domestic servant. Ebbesen reprised the role of Kristina in the 1933 remake House Slaves, in the 1942 film We House Slaves as well as over five hundred times on stage.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.142
  2. ^ Freiburg p.106

Bibliography

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  • Freiburg, Jeanne Ellen. Regulatory Bodies: Gendered Visions of the State in German and Swedish Cinema. University of Minnesota, 1994.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & Von Bagh, Peter . Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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