The Family Secret (1936 film)

The Family Secret (Swedish: Familjens hemlighe) is a 1936 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Karin Swanström and Erik 'Bullen' Berglund.[1] It is based on the 1903 French play The Secret of Polichinelle by Pierre Wolff, and a French adaptation was also produced the same year. The film premiered in Gothenburg in December 1936.

The Family Secret
Directed byGustaf Molander
Written byGösta Stevens
Based onThe Secret of Polichinelle by Pierre Wolff
Starring
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byEric Bengtson
Production
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Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 26 December 1936 (1936-12-26)
Running time
89 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Synopsis

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A middle-class family, planning an arranged marriage for their adult son with a wealthy heiress, are shocked to discover that not only is he already engaged, but his fiancée has already borne them a grandson who is three-year-old now.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Bagh p.145

Bibliography

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