The Family Secret (1936 film)
The Family Secret | |
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Directed by | Gustaf Molander |
Written by | Gösta Stevens |
Based on | The Secret of Polichinelle by Pierre Wolff |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Åke Dahlqvist |
Edited by | Oscar Rosander |
Music by | Eric Bengtson |
Production company | Svensk Filmindustri |
Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
Release date | 26 December 1936 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
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 film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
Synopsis[]
A middle class family, planning an arranged marriage for their adult son with a wealthy heiress, are shocked to discover that he is already engaged and has a small child with his fiancee.
Cast[]
- Olof Winnerstrand as Arvid Ekman
- Karin Swanström as Lillie Ekman
- Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as John Hessler
- Birgit Tengroth as Margit Berg
- Kotti Chave as Arne Ekman
- Hjördis Petterson as Ellen Winkler
- Gösta Bernhard as Olle
- Wiktor Andersson as Orderly
- as Marianne Winkler, Ellen's daughter
- John Botvid as First mate
- as Gullan, Margit's friend at work
- as Emma, Hessler's housemaid
- as Greta, child nurse
- Ruth Weijden as Maria, Ekman's housemaid
References[]
- ^ Qvist & Bagh p.145
Bibliography[]
- Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links[]
Categories:
- Swedish-language films
- 1936 films
- Swedish films
- Swedish comedy films
- 1936 comedy films
- 1930s Swedish-language films
- Films directed by Gustaf Molander
- Remakes of French films
- Swedish films based on plays
- Swedish black-and-white films
- Swedish film stubs