The Girls in Smaland (film)

The Girls in Smaland (Swedish: Flickorna i Småland) is a 1945 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Åke Grönberg and Sigge Fürst.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It takes its title from the popular 1912 song of the same title.

The Girls in Smaland
Directed bySchamyl Bauman
Written byKarl Gunnarson (novel)
Rune Waldekranz
Schamyl Bauman
Ragnar Arvedson
Produced byRagnar Arvedson
StarringSickan Carlsson
Åke Grönberg
Sigge Fürst
CinematographyHilmer Ekdahl
Edited byLennart Wallén
Music byGunnar Johansson
Production
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Bauman-Produktion
Distributed bySandrew-Baumanfilm
Release date
  • 28 November 1945 (1945-11-28)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synpsis

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Gunnar takes a train to Vimmerby to look for work. The area is famous for beautiful woman, but he lands a job as a farmhand on the mean-spirited male farmer Jönsson's property. When he grows tired of this he finds a new job with a female farm owner Christina Larsson, but she is nothing like he expected.

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.44

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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