''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (Swedish: ''På kryss med Albertina'') is a 1938 Swedish
drama film
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directed by
Per-Axel Branner
Per-Axel Helge Branner (né Larsson; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1975) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director.Qvist & von Bagh p.197
Selected filmography
* ''Getting Married'' (1926)
* ''His Life's Match'' (1932)
* '' Pettersson & ...
and starring
Adolf Jahr,
Signe Wirff
Signe Wirff (4 November 1887 – 18 December 1956) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1921 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''House Slaves'' (1933)
* '' Adventure in Pyjamas'' (1935)
* ''A Cruise in the ...
and
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 I ...
.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.60] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Bertil Duroj
Bertil Duroj (1893–1967) was a Swedish art director. Active in the Swedish film industry he designed the sets for more than a hundred productions during his career. These included ''The Yellow Clinic'' (1942).Laura p.96
Selected filmography
* ...
. Interiors were shot at studios in
Djurgården
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in
Stockholm
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.
Location shooting
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took place in the
Baltic Sea
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, including round
Aland.
Cast
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Adolf Jahr as John Andersson
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Ulla Wikander
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as Ann-Marie Blomberg
*
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 I ...
as Mr. Blomberg
*
Signe Wirff
Signe Wirff (4 November 1887 – 18 December 1956) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1921 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''House Slaves'' (1933)
* '' Adventure in Pyjamas'' (1935)
* ''A Cruise in the ...
as Mrs. Blomberg
*
Åke Engfeldt
Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian ...
as Karl-Göran Sparrholm
*
Emil Fjellström
Emil Fjellström (24 October 1884 – 14 July 1944) was a Swedish stage and film actor.
Early life and stage career
Emil Fjellström was born in Näs parish, Östersund Municipality, Jämtland County and grew up in the city of Östersund. A ...
as Jakob
*
Otto Landahl
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
The name is recorded f ...
as Kalle
*
Sven-Bertil Norberg as First Mate
*
Victor Thorén
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* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
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Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
as Johan
*
Wiola Brunius as Black Sonja
*
Magnus Kesster
Magnus Kesster (29 July 1901 – 15 April 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1937 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* ''The Pale Count'' (1937)
* ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937)
* ''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938 ...
as Lucas
*
Torsten Bergström
Torsten Lars Herman Jamte Bergström (10 December 1896 – 26 May 1948) was a Swedish film director and theater and film actor.
Bergström was born in Ås, Krokom, Jämtland County and attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre School from 1917 to 1 ...
as Fredrik
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John Westin as Forwarding Agent
*
Bertil Berglund as Customs Officer
*
Gösta Bodin
Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Gösta may refer to:
People
* Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
* Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier
* Gösta Andersson (wrestle ...
as Bartender
*
Naemi Briese
Naemi Briese (4 March 1908 – 20 August 1980) was a Swedish film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Jolly Musicians'' (1932)
* ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934)
* '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934)
* '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937)
* ''A Cruise in the Al ...
as Night Club Guest
*
Gösta Gustafson
Gösta Gustafson (15 November 1886 – 19 January 1963) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Steene p.287 He acted prolifically in the theatre and on screen for several decades.
Selected filmography
* '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1924)
* '' ...
as Customs Inspector
*
Ragnar Widestedt
Ragnar Widestedt (3 May 1887 – 4 February 1954) was a Swedish stage and film actor, singer, composer and occasional film director. Freiburg p.106
Selected filmography
* ''House Slaves'' (1923)
* ''Skipper's Love'' (1931)
* '' A Night of Love ...
as Man sneaking out of nightclub
*
Lulu Ziegler as Night Club Singer
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
* Wredlund, Bertil & Lindfors, Rolf. ''Långfilm i Sverige: 1930-1939''. Proprius, 1983.
External links
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1938 films
Swedish drama films
1938 drama films
1930s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Per-Axel Branner
Seafaring films
1930s Swedish films
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