Hugo and Josephine
Hugo and Josephine | |
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Directed by | Kjell Grede |
Written by | Kjell Grede |
Based on | Josephine, Hugo and Josephine and Hugo by Maria Gripe |
Produced by | Göran Lindgren |
Starring | Beppe Wolgers |
Music by | |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Hugo and Josephine (Swedish: Hugo och Josefin) is a Swedish film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 16 December 1967,[1] written and directed by Kjell Grede. The film is loosely based on three novels by Maria Gripe, and it stars and in the lead roles, with Beppe Wolgers, Helena Brodin and Inga Landgré in supporting roles. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film at the 5th Guldbagge Awards.[2]
Production[]
The film was mostly shot in Kårsta between June–September 1967.[3]
Plot[]
The film is about a girl named Josephine (), who is the daughter of a priest and lives in the country. She has no friends, but one day she meets Hugo (), who is the nephew of the gardener Gudmarson. Along with him and Gudmarson (Beppe Wolgers), she experiences a fantastic summer.
Cast[]
- as Hugo Andersson
- as Josephine (Jenny Grå)
- Beppe Wolgers as Gudmarsson, gardener and Hugo's uncle
- Inga Landgré as Josephine's mother
- Helena Brodin as Miss Ingrid Sund, the teacher
- Bellan Roos as Lyra, the lonely old woman on a bicycle
- as Karl Carlsson
- Tord Stål as Josephine's father (voice)
References[]
- ^ "Hugo och Josefin" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 16 December 1967. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "Hugo och Josefin (1967)". Swedish Film Institute. 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Hugo och Josefin" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 1967. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
External links[]
- 1967 films
- Swedish-language films
- 1967 drama films
- Swedish children's films
- Swedish films
- Swedish drama films
- Films directed by Kjell Grede
- Films based on Swedish novels
- Best Film Guldbagge Award winners
- Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award
- Films shot in Sweden
- Swedish film stubs