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The Quartet That Split Up (1950 Film)
''The Quartet That Split Up'' (Swedish: ''Kvartetten som sprängdes'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Adolf Jahr, Anita Björk, Inga Landgré and Victor Sjöström. It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same title by Birger Sjöberg, which had previously been made into a 1936 film.Goble p.431 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. Synopsis The members of a string quartet in a small Swedish town decided to speculate on the stock market with unexpected results. Cast * Adolf Jahr as Karl Ludvig Sundelin * Anita Björk as Maj Andersson * Inga Landgré as Märta Åvik * Victor Sjöström as Gustaf Borg * Edvin Adolphson as Anders Åvik * Sven Lindberg as Editor Bengt 'Cello' Erlandsson * Jarl Kulle as Ture Borg * Dagmar Ebbesen as Aunt Klara * Marianne Löfgren as Selma Åvik * Gunnar Björnstrand as Engineer Planertz * Olof Winnerstrand as Olsà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Molander
Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, ''née'' Wessler, and his brother was the director Olof Molander (1892–1966). He was the father of director and producer Harald Molander from his first marriage to actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg (1892–1977). Gustaf Molander was born in Helsinki, Helsingfors (now Helsinki) in the Grand Duchy of Finland (in the Russian Empire), where his father was working at the Swedish Theatre. He studied in the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm 1907–1909, acted at the Swedish theatre in Helsingfors 1909–1913, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1913 to 1926. The last years there he headed the school; his students included Greta Garbo. Molander wrote several screenplays for Victor Sjöströ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |