''A Swedish Tiger'' (Swedish: ''En svensk tiger'') is a 1948 Swedish
war
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Gustaf Edgren
Gustaf Edgren (1 April 1895 – 10 June 1954) was a Swedish screenwriter, film director and producer.Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.327
Selected filmography
* '' 40 Skipper Street'' (1925)
* '' First Mate Karlsson's Sweethearts'' ...
and starring
Edvin Adolphson
Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night'' (1939), and is noted for his ...
,
Erik Berglund
Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Sweden, Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred ...
and
Margareta Fahlén
Gerd ''Margareta'' Fahlén (8 June 1918 – October 28, 1978) was a Swedish actress.
Biography
Fahlén grew up in Uppsala. After she finished her studies, she moved to Stockholm to work; in parallel with her work, she began pursuing her inter ...
.
[Fawkes p.98] 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 ...
Nils Svenwall
Nils Svenwall (1918–2005) was a Swedish art director.Cowie p.199
Selected filmography
* ''Ride Tonight!'' (1942)
* ''Night in Port'' (1943)
* '' Little Napoleon'' (1943)
* ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944)
* ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' ...
. Its title refers to the
wartime propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...
campaign
A Swedish Tiger encouraging inhabitants to avoid careless talk.
Synopsis
British intelligence discover that a Swedish actor in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
is a
doppelganger of a British
general
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
and decide to recruit him as a
decoy
A decoy (derived from the Dutch ''de'' ''kooi'', literally "the cage" or possibly ''ende kooi'', " duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lu ...
. They lure him to
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
by offering him a part in ''
Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...
''.
Cast
*
Edvin Adolphson
Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night'' (1939), and is noted for his ...
as John Tiger
*
Erik Berglund
Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Sweden, Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred ...
as Fredrik Andersson
*
Margareta Fahlén
Gerd ''Margareta'' Fahlén (8 June 1918 – October 28, 1978) was a Swedish actress.
Biography
Fahlén grew up in Uppsala. After she finished her studies, she moved to Stockholm to work; in parallel with her work, she began pursuing her inter ...
as Lena
*
Sven Lindberg as Kurt Mueller aka Poniatovski
*
Marianne Löfgren
Marianne Löfgren (24 February 1910 – 4 September 1957) was a Swedish actress. She played in Åke Ohberg's ''Elvira Madigan'' (1943), director Ingmar Bergman's debut ''Crisis'' in 1946, Hasse Ekman's '' Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) and i ...
as Hanna Andersson-Tiger
*
Gunnar Björnstrand
Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman.
Biography
Björnstrand was born Knut Gunnar Johanson in Stockholm as son of actor Oscar Johanson and ...
as Hans Wolff
*
Arnold Sjöstrand
Arnold Sjöstrand (30 June 1903 – 1 February 1955) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1931 and 1952.
Selected filmography
* ''The Girl from Värmland'' (1931)
* '' It Pays to Advertise'' (193 ...
as Dickman
*
Fritiof Billquist
Erik Fritiof Billquist (5 May 1901 – 21 April 1972) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* '' Tired Theodore'' (1931)
* '' International Match'' (1932)
* '' South of the H ...
as Leonard Strömlund
*
Olof Winnerstrand
Carl Olof Magnus Winnerstrand (26 August 1875 – 16 July 1956) was a Swedish actor.
Biography
Born in a bourgeois home in Stockholm, Winnerstrand was a son of the well-known Stockholm goldsmith and jeweller C.A. Winnerstrand, and started ...
as Swedish Minister
*
Gösta Cederlund
Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Selected filmography
* '' A Dangerous Wooing'' ( ...
as General
*
Sture Djerf as Aide
*
Carl Hagman
Carl Hagman (12 October 1890 – 7 February 1949) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than more than 40 films between 1911 and 1949. He was married to the actress Emy Hagman between 1927 and 1941.
Selected filmography
* '' Boman at th ...
as Photographer
*
Ivar Hallbäck
Ivar (Old Norse ''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway.
The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements c ...
as Translator
*
Douglas Håge
Douglas Håge (6 March 1898 – 18 November 1959) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1932 and 1959.
Selected filmography
* '' Career'' (1938)
* '' Just a Bugler'' (1938)
* '' The Great Love'' (1938)
* '' Nothing B ...
as Frasse Fredriksson
*
Gull Natorp
Gull Natorp (10 January 1880 – 30 April 1962) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1956.
Selected filmography
* ''Skottet'' (1914) - Maid
* ''Hans hustrus förflutna'' (1915) - Countess Flemming ...
as Klara
*
Barbro Nordin as Mitzi
*
Artur Rolén
Artur Rolén (5 May 1894 – 1 May 1972) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Furhammar p.222 He acted prolifically in Swedish cinema for several decades as a character actor. He had a long-running role as Klabbarparn in the Åsa-Nisse comedy serie ...
as Manuscript Writer
*
Henrik Schildt
Henrik Schildt (10 July 1914 – 15 March 2001) was a Finnish-born Swedish film actor.Goble p.150 He is the father of Johan Schildt, Peter Schildt and Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul.
Selected filmography
* '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936)
* ''Circus ...
as Chief Investigator
*
Tord Stål
Tord Stål (14 September 1906 – 2 July 1972) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1938 and 1969. He starred in the film '' Leva på 'Hoppet, which won the Silver Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin Int ...
as Engdahl
*
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'' (1 ...
as A man
References
Bibliography
* Fawkes, Richard. ''Opera on Film''. Duckworth, 2000.
External links
*
1948 films
Swedish drama films
1948 drama films
1940s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Gustaf Edgren
Films set in Stockholm
Films set in London
Swedish World War II films
1940s Swedish films
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