''A Wedding Night at Stjarnehov'' (Swedish: ''En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov'') is a 1934 Swedish

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directed by

Torsten Lundqvist Torsten Lundqvist (14 June 1894 – 12 January 1957) was a Swedish screenwriter. He worked one many scripts during the 1930s and 1940s, and was one of the three most prolific screenwriters in Swedish cinema alongside Sölve Cederstrand and Gösta ...

and starring Adolf Jahr, Elisabeth Frisk and

Ruth Stevens Ruth Stevens (born Ruth Astrid Frideborg Nilsson; 21 March 1903 – 27 March 1989) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She was generally cast playing degenerate young woman. Nordic National Cinemas p.168 She was married to the film director Gö ...

. It was shot at the

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Studios of

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and on location around

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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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 * ...

. It is now considered to be a

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Synopsis

In order to save his family estate Bertil Stiernhielm, son of a

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, marries Britta Magnusson the daughter of a

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. However he has grave doubts about whether this is consistent with his family honour. Meanwhile his twin brother Casimir returns from serving in the

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and is mistaken by Britta for Bertil.

Cast

* Adolf Jahr as Bertil Stiernhielm/Casimir Stiernhielm * Elisabeth Frisk as Britta Magnusson *

as Marianne *

Olof Sandborg Olof Sandborg (April 30, 1884 in Göteborg – March 26, 1965 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1962. Filmography * '' Blodets röst'' (1913) * '' Lady Marions sommarflirt'' (1913) * ''Svär ...

as Count Stiernhielm * Lili Ziedner as Augusta Stiernhielm * Eric Gustafson as Magnusson * Jullan Jonsson as Mrs. Magnusson *

Nils Wahlbom Nils Wahlbom (October 28, 1886 – October 24, 1937) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in around forty films including '' The Women Around Larsson'' (1934).Larsson & Marklund p.127 Selected filmography * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926) * ...

as Jean

References

Bibliography

* Freiburg, Jeanne Ellen. ''Regulatory Bodies: Gendered Visions of the State in German and Swedish Cinema''. University of Minnesota, 1994.

External links

* 1934 films Swedish comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub