The Bjorck Family
1940 film
- 21 January 1940 (1940-01-21)
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The Bjorck Family (Swedish: Familjen Björck) is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Anders Henrikson and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Frida Winnerstrand and Birgitta Arman.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It was based on a radio show of the same name that ran from 1936 to 1943.
Synopsis
The Björck family are a respectable middle-class Stockholm household. However the daughter Greta is showing interest in an unsuitable boyfriend while ignoring a more clean-cut suitor while her father is being pursued by the seductive Astrid Holten.
Cast
- Olof Winnerstrand as Ingeniör Björck
- Frida Winnerstrand as Fru Björck
- Birgitta Arman as Greta, deras dotter
- Åke Johansson as Ville, deras son
- Margit Manstad as Astrid Holten
- Carin Swensson as Hulda
- Gull Natorp as Tant Inga
- Carl-Axel Hallgren as Bertil
- Ulf Westman as Börje Schack
- Carl-Gunnar Wingård as Karlgren
- Anna-Lisa Baude as Fröken Widén
- Artur Rolén as Edvin Holten
- Gerda Björne as Irma
- Åke Claesson as Karl
- Julie Bernby as Miss Engström
- Georg Funkquist as Ladies' Hairdresser
- Harry Roeck Hansen as Algot
- Viran Rydkvist as Woman at Dog Show
- Frithiof Bjärne as Doorman at Scala
References
- ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.110
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- The Bjorck Family at IMDb
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Films directed by Anders Henrikson
- It Pays to Advertise (1936)
- He, She and the Money (1936)
- Unfriendly Relations (1936)
- 65, 66 and I (1936)
- Oh, Such a Night! (1937)
- Thunder and Lightning (1938)
- The Great Love (1938)
- Just a Bugler (1938)
- The Bjorck Family (1940)
- A Crime (1940)
- Life Goes On (1941)
- Only a Woman (1941)
- The Case of Ingegerd Bremssen (1942)
- Dangerous Ways (1942)
- Mister Collins' Adventure (1943)
- I Am Fire and Air (1944)
- Tired Theodore (1945)
- Blood and Fire (1945)
- The Loveliest Thing on Earth (1947)
- The Key and the Ring (1947)
- Girl from the Mountain Village (1948)
- Getting Married (1955)
- A Doll's House (1956)