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The Motor Cavaliers
''The Motor Cavaliers'' (Swedish: ''Motorkavaljerer'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy sports film directed by Elof Ahrle and starring Åke Söderblom, Viveca Serlachius and Sten Gester.Segrave & Martin p.273 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. Synopsis A shop assistant becomes an unlikely motorcycle speedway star after he agrees to substitute for his friend who actually drove the winning bike. After trying to escape publicity he heads to the countryside, but returns to take part in a major race which he himself really wins this time. He also wins the affections of the daughter of his employer. Cast * Åke Söderblom as Åke Svärd * Viveca Serlachius as Maj * Elof Ahrle as Pelle Greiberg * Gunilla Klosterborg as Gun Wall * Sten Gester as Olle Eggert * Sigge Fürst as Radio Speaker * Rut Holm as Augusta Klang * Stig Järrel as Major Eggert * Emmy Albiin as Johanna * Harriet Andersson as Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elof Ahrle
Elof Ahrle (21 January 1900 – 3 June 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 80 films between 1920 and 1960. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1950. He was married to actress Birgit Rosengren (1912-2011). Selected filmography * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1921) * ''The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) * ''65, 66 and I'' (1936) * ''Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * ''Comrades in Uniform'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * '' Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939) * '' Alle man på post'' (1940) * ''Heroes in Yellow and Blue'' (1940) * ''Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) * '' Tre glada tokar'' (1942) * ''Mister Collins' Adventure'' (1943) * ''Live Dangerously'' (1944) * '' Blåjackor'' (1945) * ''Motherhood'' (1945) * '' Onsdagsväninnan'' (1946) * '' Pengar – en tragikomisk saga'' (1946) * ''Song of Stockholm'' (1947) * ''Soldier's Reminder'' (1947) * ''Maria' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rut Holm
Rut Holm (1 November 1900 – 4 July 1971) was a Swedish film actress.Wright p.21 Selected filmography * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * '' The Southsiders'' (1932) * '' Secret Svensson'' (1933) * ''Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * '' Fridolf in the Lion's Den'' (1933) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * '' Close Relations'' (1935) * '' Sun Over Sweden'' (1938) * ''We at Solglantan'' (1939) * ''Hanna in Society'' (1940) * ''Captured by a Voice'' (1943) * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) * ''The Wedding on Solö'' (1946) * ''Lars Hård'' (1948) * ''Loffe as a Millionaire'' (1948) * ''Carnival Evening'' (1948) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1950) * ''When Love Came to the Village'' (1950) * ''The Motor Cavaliers'' (1950) * ''Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo'' (1952) * ''Sju svarta be-hå'' (1954) * '' The Red Horses'' (1954) * ''Far och flyg'' (1955) * '' The Girl in Tails'' (1956) * ''Mother Takes a Vacation'' (1957) * ''We at Väddö ''We at Väddö'' (Swedish: ''Vi på Väddö'') is a 1958 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Taikon
Katarina Taikon-Langhammer (29 July 1932 – 30 December 1995) was a Swedish Romany activist, leader in the civil rights movement, writer and actor, from the Kalderash caste. She was the sister of Rosa Taikon. Biography During Taikon's childhood Romani still lived in camps in Sweden, and had to move often, which made it hard for the children to get any school education. Taikon did not learn how to read and write until she was in her teens. In 1946, Taikon was married off to a man. In 1948, a 16-year-old Taikon participated in Arne Sucksdorff's documentary short film ''Uppbrott'', where she danced around a camp fire. The filming of the documentary made it possible for Taikon to divorce her husband. For the next decade, Taikon acted in several Swedish motion pictures. Taikon dedicated her life to improving conditions for Romani people in Sweden and throughout the world. Through her tireless work, debating, writing and talking to Swedish authorities, the Romani were granted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Skarstedt
Georg Skarstedt (31 January 1900 – 8 December 1976) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more 120 films between 1920 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''The People of Norrland'' (1930) * ''A Night of Love by the Öresund'' (1931) * ''International Match'' (1932) * '' Lucky Devils'' (1932) * ''Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * ''Ocean Breakers'' (1935) * ''Conflict'' (1937) * ''The Andersson Family'' (1937) * ''Adolf Strongarm'' (1937) * ''Storm Over the Skerries'' (1938) * '' Kiss Her!'' (1940) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) * ''Captured by a Voice'' (1943) * ''Blizzard'' (1944) * ''Motherhood'' (1945) * '' Black Roses (1945 film), Black Roses'' (1945) * ''The Rose of Tistelön'' (1945) * ''Harald the Stalwart'' (1946) * '' The Poetry of Ådalen'' (1947) * ''Maria'' (1947) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (1947) * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1947) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) *''Sin'' (1948) * ''Robinson in Roslagen'' (1948) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanny Schedin
Hanny may refer to: First name: * Hanny Kellner (1892-?), Austrian diver who competed in the 1912 Olympics * Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007), Dutch poet * Hanny Mohammed, a member of the Australian power metal band Black Majesty * Hanny Nahmias (born 1959), Israeli singer, actress, writer and television personality * Hanny Saputra (born 1965), Indonesian director Nickname: * Johanna Allston (born 1986), Australian orienteer Surname: * Frank Hanny (1896-1947), American National Football League player * John R. Hanny, American chef and author See also * Hannay (other) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Riégo
Olav Riégo (21 April 1891 – 25 December 1956) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1956. He starred in the film ''Leva på 'Hoppet''', which won the Silver Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''House Slaves'' (1923) * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1925) * ''Kalle Utter'' (1925) * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1926) * ''The False Millionaire'' (1931) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * ''House Slaves'' (1933) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * ''The People of Småland'' (1935) * ''65, 66 and I'' (1936) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) * ''Adventure'' (1936) * ''The Wedding Trip'' (1936) * '' The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * ''Conflict'' (1937) * ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * ''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938) * ''Emilie Högquist'' (1939) * ''The Fight Continues'' (1941) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) * '' Life Goes On'' (1941) * ''How to Tame a Real Man'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunilla Pontén
Ellen Gunilla Margareta Pontén (14 June 1929 in Stockholm – 29 June 2019) was a Swedish fashion designer. Pontén designed clothes with the base colours of grey, white or black. In 1983, she was awarded the ''Damernas Värld'' design award Guldknappen, in 2003 she was awarded a Litteris et Artibus She also worked alongside Emilio Pucci in Italy. In 2008, she was awarded the KTH KTH may refer to: * Keat Hong LRT station, Singapore, LRT station abbreviation * Kent House railway station, London, National Rail station code * KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a university in Sweden * KTH Krynica, a Polish ice hockey team * Khy ... Great Prize. References Further reading * Swedish fashion designers Swedish women fashion designers People from Stockholm 1929 births 2019 deaths {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Melin
John Melin (18 May 1895 – 6 April 1966) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1919 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''The Ghost Baron'' (1927) * '' The Queen of Pellagonia'' (1927) * '' Sealed Lips'' (1927) * '' The Devil and the Smalander'' (1927) * ''Sin'' (1928) * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * '' Love and Deficit'' (1932) * ''Jolly Musicians'' (1932) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * '' Secret Svensson'' (1933) * '' Fired'' (1934) * ''The Atlantic Adventure'' (1934) * '' The People of Högbogården'' (1939) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * ''Poor Ferdinand'' (1941) * ''She Thought It Was Him'' (1943) * '' In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * ''Crisis'' (1946) * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1947) * '' Loffe as a Millionaire'' (1948) * '' Woman in White'' (1949) * ''Dangerous Spring'' (1949) * ''The Kiss on the Cruise'' (1950) * '' The Saucepan Journey'' (1950) * '' Knockout at the Breakfast Club'' (1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (24 February 1921 – 16 January 1992) was a Swedish comedian and actor. History He grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, where there now is a street named after him. His father was a Social Democratic politician and Carl-Gustaf started his acting in a socialist youth theater club. From the 1940s, he was associated at the Casinorevyn ensemble at Casinoteatern on Bryggargatan in Stockholm. Lindstedt quickly became one of the crowd favorites at the theater. Here he met Arne Kallerud (1913-1981), who became Lindstedt's stage partner in many revues, films and radio shows. Their radio series became a success in the late 1950s. In 1957, Lindstedt and Kallerud started their own theater: Nöjeskatten at Södermalm, Stockholm. They operated the theater until the mid-1960s. Lindstedt is mostly known for being a comedian but he has also been in many dramas. His films include '' What Are You Doing After the Orgy?'' and ''The Man on the Roof'' where he played th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Fischer
Fritz Adolf Ferdinand Siegfried Fischer (14 July 1894 – 8 April 1976) was a Swedish actor, theatre manager, playwright, screenwriter and writer. He was born in Stockholm, the son of conductor Franz Fischer. At seventeen years old he was hired by Axel Lindblad's theatre company. He was engaged at '' Blancheteatern'' 1919–1921 and then at the '' Casinoteatern'' until 1928, where he also worked as a director and playwright. He ran '' Klippans sommarteater'' and '' Söders friluftsteater'' for a while where he staged comedies he had written with his brother, actor Arthur Fischer. He is buried in Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm. Filmography Selectred filmography Writer * '' Augustas lilla felsteg'' (1933) * ''Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''Munkbrogreven'' (1935) * '' Kronblom'' (1947) * '' Kronblom kommer till stan'' (1949) Actor * '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928) * ''Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * ''The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) * '' The Sixth Shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven-Axel Carlsson
Sven-Axel Carlsson (1932–1971) was a Swedish film actor.Vermilye p.71 He began his screen career as a child actor in the 1940s. Many of his final film performances came in the Åsa-Nisse series. Selected filmography * '' Bill Bergson, Master Detective'' (1947) * ''The Key and the Ring'' (1947) * '' This Can't Happen Here'' (1950) * ''The Motor Cavaliers'' (1950) * ''Fiancée for Hire'' (1950) * ''Skipper in Stormy Weather'' (1951) * '' She Came Like the Wind'' (1952) * '' Say It with Flowers'' (1952) * '' U-Boat 39'' (1952) * '' Speed Fever'' (1953) * '' The Glass Mountain'' (1953) * '' En karl i köket'' (1954) * ''Dance in the Smoke'' (1954) * ''The Vicious Breed'' (1954) * ''Paradise'' (1955) * ''Voyage in the Night'' (1955) * '' Suss gott'' (1956) * ''The Stranger from the Sky'' (1956) * '' Night Light'' (1957) * ''The Jazz Boy'' (1958) * ''Crime in Paradise'' (1959) * '' Heaven and Pancake'' (1959) * '' Åsa-Nisse slår till'' (1965) * '' Åsa-Nisse i raketform'' (1966) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Andersson
Wiktor Herman "Kulörten" Andersson (19 June 1887 – 13 September 1966) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1923 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923) * ''A Stolen Waltz'' (1932) * ''Marriageable Daughters'' (1933) * ''Two Men and a Widow'' (1933) * ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933) * '' Fired'' (1934) * ''The People of Småland'' (1935) * '' Under False Flag'' (1935) * ''Ocean Breakers'' (1935) * ''The Wedding Trip'' (1936) * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * '' The Family Secret'' (1936) * ''Sara Learns Manners'' (1937) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * ''We at Solglantan'' (1939) * ''The People of Högbogården'' (1939) * ''Västkustens hjältar'' (1940) * ''Her Melody'' (1940) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * ''Woman on Board'' (1941) * ''The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * ''Dunungen'' (1941) * ''Lasse-Maja'' (1941) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) * ''The Poor Milliona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |