''Boman at the Exhibition'' (Swedish: ''Boman på utställningen'') is a 1923 Swedish silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Karin Swanström Karin Swanström (June 13, 1873 – July 5, 1942) was a Swedish actress, producer and director. Early life Swanström was born in St. Olai congregation in Norrköping. Little is known of her life before she was accepted for the Royal Dram ...

and starring Swanström,

Georg Blomstedt Georg Blomstedt (1872–1933) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Cowie p.211 Selected filmography * ''The Lass from the Stormy Croft'' (1917) * ''Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922) * '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923) * '' The People of Simlang Valley ...

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 ...

and

Ingeborg Strandin Ingeborg Strandin (18 November 1881 – 8 March 1948) was a Swedish opera singer and actress. Born in Stockholm as Ingeborg Lublin, Strandin made her film debut in the 1919 film ''His Lordship's Last Will'' directed by Victor Sjöström, and we ...

.Gustafsson p.58 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in

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and on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Vilhelm Bryde.

Cast

as Mrs. Sjöborg *

as Boman *

as Emanuel Göransson *

as Eulalia Göransson * Harald Adelsohn as Adelsohn * lsa Adenius as Ada * Vilhelm Berndtson as Butler *

Gösta Björkman 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 (wrestler) ...

as Mailman * Rudolf Bohman as Kålle *

Torre Cederborg ''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages ( Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian, Occitan and Corsican) and may refer to: Biology * Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome ...

as Elander * Valdemar Ekegård as Ekegård * Josef Fischer as Uncle Jörgen * Karin Gardtman as Karin Sjöborg *

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 Persson * Ann-Marie Kjellgren as Brita *

Nils Vilhelm Lund Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player * Nils Björk (1898–1989 ...

as Shoeshine *

Frans Pfunkenhofer Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...

as Johan Sjöborg

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Tommy. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014. * Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. '' Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film''. Nordic Academic Press, 2014. * Wredlund, Bertil. ''Långfilm i Sverige: 1920-1929''. Proprius, 1987.

External links

* 1923 films 1923 comedy films Swedish comedy films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Karin Swanström 1920s Swedish-language films Silent comedy films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub