Styrman Karlssons flammor

Styrman Karlssons flammor
Styrman Karlssons flammor
Directed by	Gustaf Edgren
Written by	; Oscar Hemberg
Based on	's novels Styrman Karlssons flammor and Styrman Karlssons bröllopsresa
Produced by	Stellan Claësson
Starring	Anders Henrikson; Karin Swanström; Hjördis Petterson; Nanna Stenersen
Cinematography	Martin Bodin;
Edited by	Oscar Rosander
Music by	Eric Bengtson
Distributed by	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	1938;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Styrman Karlssons flammor (First Mate Karlsson's Sweethearts)^[1]^[2] is a Swedish film comedy from 1938 directed by Gustaf Edgren.^[2] The script was written by and Oscar Hemberg.^[3] It was based on 's novels Styrman Karlssons flammor and Styrman Karlssons bröllopsresa, which were published in 1918 and 1919. Edgren had earlier created a silent film version, also titled Styrman Karlssons flammor, in 1925.^[2] Three actors appeared in both films: Karin Swanström, , and . In Denmark, Annelise Reenberg created a Danish version of the same novels in 1958 called Styrmand Karlsen.

The Norwegian actress Nanna Stenersen played the role of Bessie Mathiesen, and another Norwegian actor, Alfred Maurstad, played a minor role as the smuggler Joe.

The film had its Swedish premiere at the Scandia theater in Stockholm on September 19, 1938.

Plot[]

Kalle (Anders Henrikson) and his girlfriend Blenda (Marianne Löfgren) are on the way home from Tivoli amusement park in Stockholm when he tells her that he will be away for two years as a first mate on a sailing ship, but he swears his eternal fidelity to her. During the journey, the ship take Bessie (Nanna Stenersen) on board because her vessel was wrecked. Will Kalle manage to resist the temptation of having a beautiful woman on board while Blenda is waiting for him at home?

Cast[]

Anders Henrikson as Kalle Karlsson, first mate on the Maria Albertina
Karin Swanström as Mrs. Ragna Doring, widow at Stonebridge Castle
Hjördis Petterson as Mrs. Margaret Mathiesen, née Lady Plumfield
Nanna Stenersen as Bessie Mathiesen, her daughter, Mrs. Doring's niece
Hilding Gavle as Cecil Alexander Burke, Lord of Baconshire, Middleton, and Yukonwich
George Fant as William ("Bill"), Mrs. Doring's husband's nephew
Ludde Gentzel as Ludvig "Ludde" Landegren, cockswain
Erik "Bullen" Berglund as Sjögren, captain of the Maria Albertina
David Erikson as the lawyer
Margit Manstad as the woman in the hotel room
Marianne Aminoff as Juanita
as Pamela Janitros, a Greek barmaid
as a geisha
as the South Sea girl
as the girl with the turban at the palisade
as the girl on the street in London and guest at the inn

References[]

^ Gustafsson, Tommy (2015). Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. Jefferson, MD: McFarland. p. 167.
^ ^a ^b ^c Qvist, Per Olov; von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 62.
^ "Styrman Karlssons flammor : En sjömans äventyr till lands och vatten". Svensk filmdatabas. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

External links[]

Styrman Karlssons flammor at IMDb
Styrman Karlssons flammor' at the Swedish Film Database

[1] Gustafsson, Tommy (2015). Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. Jefferson, MD: McFarland. p. 167.

[Qvist-2] Qvist, Per Olov; von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 62.

[3] "Styrman Karlssons flammor : En sjömans äventyr till lands och vatten". Svensk filmdatabas. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

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