The Girl from Backafall

The Girl from Backafall
The Girl from Backafall
Directed by	Bror Bügler
Written by	Gabriel Jönsson (poem) ; Åke Ohlmarks
Starring	Viola Sundberg ; Sven Lindberg ; Kenne Fant ; Edvard Persson
Cinematography	Ingvar Borild ; Hilmer Ekdahl
Edited by	Wic Kjellin
Music by	Harry Arnold
Production; company	Europa Film
Release date	2 March 1953
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Girl from Backafall (Swedish: Flickan från Backafall) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant.^[1] It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Cast[]

Viola Sundberg as Ellen
Sven Lindberg as Per
Kenne Fant as Nils
Edvard Persson as Silla-Sven
Holger Löwenadler as August Larsson
Märta Dorff as Mrs. Larsson
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Captain Backe
Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Backe
Olof Winnerstrand as Vicar
Aurore Palmgren as Botilla
Olav Riégo as Dücker
Renée Björling as Mrs. Dücker
Charles Gregmar as Robert Dücker
Jan Molander as Hellberg
as Adolf
as Matts Shoemaker
as Fredrik Åkerberg
as Sailor at 'Tre bröder'
as Mrs. Svensson
as Boy at shooting range
Astrid Bodin as Dücker's cook
Helga Brofeldt as Gossip
as Fisherman
as Lasse, postman
as Guest at Robert's party
as Boy at the dance
as Dücker's driver
as Fisherman
Gull Natorp as Vicar's wife
as Vera, Ellen's friend
Mim Persson as Guest at the coffee party
Bellan Roos as Dücker's housewife
as Woker
as Boy at the dance
as Guest at Robert's party
Carin Swensson as Farmer's wife
as Boy at shooting range
as Schultze, German captain
as Waitress
as Girl at shooting range

References[]

^ Qvist & von Bagh p.124

Bibliography[]

Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links[]

The Girl from Backafall at IMDb

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[1] Qvist & von Bagh p.124

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